Why do bad things happen?

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I generally try to distance myself from American politics.

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Firstly, I’m not American.

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Secondly, the orange monster infuriates me beyond what I can physically tolerate.

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Sometimes though, like following the debate, I can’t help but get drawn in.

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I mean- this man is just incomprehensibly cruel.

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I hear him talk and I want to run down the street screaming, “He’s a RACIST! A MISOGYNIST! A LIAR!”

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”HOW DO YOU GUYS NOT SEE THIS?!”

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“He is clearly a BAD GUY!”

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Personally, I do believe that there is pure evil in our world.

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But even as I express that statement, I can feel the constrictive energy associated with it.

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It makes me want to lash out.

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It makes me want to fight.

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It makes me want to annihilate the “Bad”. To claim my side as “Good”.

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But the trouble with “Bad” is that it’s a moving target. A label that changes depending on which side you’re on.

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Fact: What I consider bad, you might consider good.

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Example: Somehow, Trump has supporters.

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If “Bad” and “Good” are fluid and subjective, then why do we bother trying to place them inside those boxes?

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What if “Bad” vs “Good” is only serving to distract us from the much more true and far more important distinction of our time:

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WHOLE    VS.    FRACTURED?

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The question becomes not “Who is Bad” and “Who is Good”, but:

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“Will this bring us closer to wholeness, or only serve to further our fractures?”