Why are good people unhappy ?

….And just like that my mind was ticking, walking yet another road of contemplation, trying to find a destination, an end to the answer. But the roads of thoughts are mostly about the observations and very less about the conclusions.

The question being asked was, What is it with good people and suffering? There’s this peculiar pattern in the universe which “gifts” suffering to the good people. For some time I just kept my thoughts open to various hypothesis being preached on the inter webs.

There were some who painted a picture in the colors of Christianity who claimed that the good were fighting a war against the evil; therefore suffering was just a part and parcel of their path. This religious theory keeps a bunch of grapes at the end of the path, the grapes are the heavenly treatment for those who manage to survive their life, while sticking to their faith.

Another very practical theory is something that can be easily digested from a logical perspective. It takes the principal of evolution and claims that good people aren’t necessarily on the same lines as evolution. As their survival instincts are already crippled by a strict moral code of conduct. So “good” people suffer but “fit” people survive and are less prone to suffering. Fair enough.

I myself am very hesitant to believe all such hypothesis. I never believe in actually “finding” the truth by digging the logical layers of one’s intellect or by blindly use religion as a walking stick.

My perspective relies heavily on something called “Pre-defined randomness”. It means that everything is shaping up through a random way with an overall pre-defined pattern. The big bang was a random phenomenon that was pre-defined and the fact that everything just fits into the slot is a proof that there is a divine presence that governs the evolution.

It’s like throwing the pieces of a puzzle as they scatter in a random fashion, but slowly and gradually every piece is finding it’s place as the pieces are being arranged in order. So you’re walking the road and not constructing it and while you’re at it, your sufferings and your joys are pre-defined.

…Because you never chose your family, your existence was an outcome of randomness, which was predefined and so will be your death, “Random” and “Predefined”. So when the start and the end of a life are agreeing the same rules, even the entire course of life works in the same way. You’re fulfilling the course of destiny, the course of universe’s plan where happiness and suffering are given to everyone in a pre-defined manner.

So the good people are the ones on a different road and the bad ones are on a different one. The question is who walks wisely and finds a way out ? The road, the destinations will remain the same, what will change is "You". And it's "You" who can decide to be good or to be bad. Suffering and joy will remain predefined.

In this entire process of fulfilling one’s chosen path the ultimate virtue becomes finding and cherishing the flashes of bliss, that you encounter, choosing to walk your road with less regrets but with indifference and some gratitude.

Because you never choose it…you always get it.

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Such an argument is very debate-friendly. We mortals are mere outcomes and forever we'll remain the children of existence. So...till the end of time we'll just make our approximations about the truth like mad children who're overly curious.

This approximation is just another child bragging his heart and mind out. You can do the same.

Cheers.