How to Face Injustice with Equanimity

by wssfivy9 on 2010-04-09 21:14:59

I want to ask you, is everything in this world really fair? Why are some people beautiful and others ugly; some tall and others slim; some can read ten lines at a glance, while others can't even read one line with ten glances; some have immense wealth, while others struggle to make ends meet; some are born in poor and war-torn regions, while others are born in rich and stable countries? This world is originally unfair! Let me tell you a story. When I was in the north sea, a little girl came to cry to me, saying that she should have been able to get the Mayor's Award upon graduation. However, because each school has a certain quota, one was given to the child of the parent association president, and another was given to a child with a brain tumor, which squeezed her out. During the award ceremony, she played in the band, watching classmates who performed worse than her receive awards, silently swallowing her tears. She thought it was so unfair. As I listened, my eyes also welled up with tears. But after I finished listening, I told her: You should think about how pitiful the child with the brain tumor is! He had such a disease, underwent so many surgeries, and still managed to have decent grades, which is not easy. Speaking of grades, he is indeed inferior to you but ranked ahead of you, which is indeed unfair. But from another perspective, a twelve-year-old child already has a brain tumor, isn't that also unfair from heaven? How come you don't think about your lucky places and be grateful? In fact, as we grow older, we will increasingly discover that there are many injustices in this world. For those injustices, you either strongly resist them, like African Americans fighting for civil rights, taking over a hundred years to strive; or you turn that resentment into strength, achieving greater success in the future, using that success as a "proof of strength," and also use that success to counterattack your enemies. But remember: You can turn grief into strength. But you cannot harbor hatred, because hatred may only make you more radical, less rational, and even cause greater defeats. Related theme articles: Is divorce banned in Ireland? He married three wives Never judge a book by its cover! What do you rely on to buy a house?