Thanks for the insight. I understand that almost all aspects of life are challenging, and can even get extremely rough and overwhelming. Life can throw may different challenges and tasks at all people, even those with the best intentions. There is, however a certain “power” behing belief, passion and persistence.

Many people decide within themselves that there is not enough of certain things (whether it be wealth, love, or in this case justice). In my opinion these are all terms of the mind. Each term is a definition created as a thought by society and therefore can be conquered and overcome by thought. With enough persistence, you can take an idea and bring it forth into the physical reality.

As for justice, there are, in a sense, two ways to look at this issue. One would be in the ways of Plato and the discussions of Socrates. He argues that justice is good and good can only be attained through self-knowledge. For this he used critical analysis and questioning so that his “students” could find the answers for themselves. So from his point of view there is a universal justice which can only be found when a person looks deep inside their own self and discovers the good.

Today we live in an extremely faced-paced society where people are always rushing about trying to tackle 50 tasks at once. For most people who do not have a strong belief in the theories of “self-knowledge” this task will never be undertaken. Therefore I believe that the only way to perpetuate justice is for those who are willing to perform good and just acts to do so. Making small sacrifices can open others eyes to the power of good and justice. We must start with “baby steps” and we can soon begin to perpetuate justice in a much larger scale.

This is an age where information, culture, and ways of life can spread at exponential rates. As this is a human growth blog, issues of good, justice, and positivity are of substantial importance to us. We believe this starts within each of us as individuals.

Along with others in the blog community we hope that with our small steps we can contribute to society, bring about awareness, and add value to others lives. Thanks again for bringing this issue to my attention. It is one that needs to be discussed time and time again, so that we can all find a better understanding.

Brett

First of all, the sentence is too “new wavy” (to coin a phrase). Pthh, sptt, plat. It doesn’t exactly roll off the tongue either.

Moreover, there is NOT an abundance of everything. There may indeed be abundances of some things, but not all things.

Where did this sentence come from? Why do you and Matt like it so much?

The other bone of contention I have with your beautifully written piece is the philosophy behind it. It’s the same old same old — think right and be happy. Think that nothing is difficult, nothing is tragic, no thing (space intentional) is beyond my figurative reach. All will be well! I promise! C’mon.

Life takes hard work. Sorry, I don’t like doing it either. Life is not easy. These things we all know are true.

Furthermore, its hard to be human in today’s unstable multi-culture; hard to lend a hand when you don’t understand how to help, the problem being too complex (like many problems today). It is hard to buy that street person a sandwich, say, because it costs ten bucks at SBARROs. We cannot easily fulfill tzedakah.

Tzedakah, you will recall, is a Jew’s religious obligation to perform charity and philanthropy. The word means “justice”, not “charity” by the way. Justice is just plain right. but it’s hard to affect, taking work. Justice is not abundant, it’s rare and therefore we must work, perform tzedakah or be secular about it or catholic about it or whatever. The point is to add more justice to the world. Charity … well, cheap-o charity … is as easy as dropping a quarter into a cup. Justice is a concept sadly lackinig in our world. Again, we have to fix that.