Why Do Bad Things Happen to Good People?

It seems True.  Bad things sometimes happen to good people... It doesn't seem right, does it?  When Good People suffer, it is so easy to become angry and think, this is wrong, and so unjust.  Why is this happening to me, or to them?

I often battle with this concept of right and wrong and good and bad, and the craziness of the World.  Good people all around me are hurting, frightened, and often seemingly alone in their suffering.  The kindest seem to be most often persecuted, attacked, harmed in so many ways, and then lose their lives to physical or mental illness & disease.

The earth is not a friendly place; or so it seems.  Yet, I believe that if we look closely to our existence and the "meaning of life" we will get a better grip of why this is happening, and a better understanding of the reason for living a life without anger, fear, mistrust or shame.

I believe that we are here for a Divine Purpose.  We most likely do not know the purpose or mission we are to do exactly, but feel it is so, and I know it to be so.  For if we knew it exactly, we would do it quickly so as to return to an Eternal Harmonious Existence.  No one learns from experiences that are easy and done without effort.  We expect to live a long life, because that is what we see happening around us - as we often judge by the average.  Yet, some beautiful people are here only for a brief time and then are taken from us.  Why? What was their purpose?  Perhaps it was to bring others closer to their own personal Truth, and help them in their own mission of their lives.  For example, a small child that dies from illness, harm or unexplained death at a tender age may have given their parents and others the best present of their own Spiritual Being in their short existence here on earth;  that of their sweet, loving and gentle nature.  Some people accomplish their mission in a brief time and others, longer.  The ones that are here shortly may then be best served elsewhere in the Universal Plan as their Maker Calls them Home from their life on earth.  Because they are no longer with us does not mean their Spirit is dead.  It is no longer necessary for it to be here in a physical body.

So then, why must the good people on this planet suffer?  I realize that we all have a mission to accomplish on our time on earth, however long that may be. Why, one might ask, do some kind, and loving people seem to have darkness thrown into their lives?  Are they being punished for something they did or did not do?  The abused seem to be chosen as victims by the most cruel and heartless humans on the planet.  What have these "poor people" done to justify their mistreatment?  They most likely have done absolutely nothing wrong.  What they have done most likely unintentionably, and in innocence, is having crossed paths with Evil - Period.   It was not their fault; yet circumstances brought them together.  We must understand  that exposure does not necessarily mean that they are no longer themselves, nor that they are destined for a sad life.  It is hard to be mentally whole when one is a slave to another, but once freed, they can reclaim their lives.

The strongest people are the ones who have battled injustice and danger.  They are the True Survivors.  They have met the Demons of Life head on and have conquered their hold on them.  Sometimes it is accomplished in a short time and sometimes over many years.  Because of their strife, they are able to navigate between and differentiate the very line of Good and Evil, and most importantly, have won their lives back.  Because they have come into contact with evil does not make them bad.  The exact opposite seems most often to be true.  They were selected because of their goodness, their innocence, perhaps even because of their loving & trusting nature, even the best of the best.

So, have they not become tainted, and no longer desirable, as their Offender has tried to brainwash them into thinking?  Have they now become "Bad?" in trying their best to survive during their exposure to evil?  Absolutely Not!  They are still able to be their Own Person, a "good person"; their own true Self, even though they have been under the reign & terror of a tyrant.  By breaking that horrific chain of control and dominance, they can rise from the depths of despair, fear, and pain to conquer the world, should they choose to do so.  It will not be easy but their Mission is one that can be accomplished, and yes, they may need help in achieving it.  This is true with the Best of Missions.  Most often it will be necessary for an Abuse Survivor to seek assistance of friends and professionals to gain back their feelings of worth and acceptance of self.  In so doing, they are the stronger for their past experience.  It is said that the steel is hardened by folding it over and over and over again in the fire of forging.  They are like that ~ desirable steel, that has been hardened by Fire.