We have all got both light and dark inside of us. What matters is the path we chose to be on. Bad things do happen to good people but we
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shouldn’t let those bad things have the power to make or break us. We are humans. Family, friends, love…these thing break you beyond repair. That’s life. Life is messy sometimes. And yes, we are all criminals in some way. We are guilty of hurting someone due our massive egos and selfish hearts. Some criminals are born and some are created by us. But I say, it’s our life. So we should have the power to control our thoughts/actions/feelings/behavior. Your mom doesn’t want you. No problem. Move out and learn how to pay your own bills. Your boyfriend wants to break up and date other people or he cheated on you. No problem. There’s plenty of fish in the sea. Things just don’t seem to work out for you. Well, you should remember there’s a shining light at the end of the tunnel. At the end of the day, all that matters is your ability to survive no matter how hostile the world is. “Survival of the fittest” has been the law ever since the universe came into existence. Only you can help yourself. So, you should keep in mind that you are made of stronger stuff and stand up on your own two feet. And that’s all that matters.
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Sometime ago, I was watching famous track/ field athlete, motivational speaker and businessman Bruce Jenner share his recipe for success. According to him, you can reach the ladder of success IF YOU SURROUND YOURSELVES WITH PEOPLE THAT MOTIVATE YOU. Your surroundings make or break you. This is also seen in plants. If they have access to the right amount of sunlight, water, and food, they grow fast and healthy. Similarly, if a child is raised in a stable and happy environment where he has the right amount of food, clothing, shelter, education, and religion, he would grow up to be a normal, happy person on his way to success. Had Manson, Dahmer or Ridgeway been raised in a stable environment, they wouldn’t have turned out the way they are today i.e. serial killers and all their victims might have been alive as well. Man is known by the company he keeps. Maybe if Justin Bieber spent less time on spirited socializing with people who do pot or shots of tequila, there wouldn’t be so many DUIs to his name.
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When you look at all those heinous murderers like Manson, Dahmer, Toole, or Ridgeway, you can see that they all came from broken or unstable families. Dahmer and Ridgeway both had parents with broken marriages filled with domestic violence. Ridgeway even had a domineering mother. Manson’s mother dedicated her life to promiscuity and robbery. She rejected him and tried to place him in a foster home despite his objections.
According to him, man, by nature, is not really just. People practice law/justice because they are scared that something worse might happen if they deny justice to the one that needs it.
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thing worse might happen if they deny justice to the one that needs it. Human nature makes us unjust to one another. Man is selfish. In his selfishness, he does things which he has no right to do. That is the reason why men enter into a social contract; the contract that states that we practice just laws so that everyone dwells in harmony with each other. Plato conducts a thought experiment to prove his point. He states that if a good/just man is given something like a ring or cloak that makes him invisible, he would do all those things that bad people do knowing that no one can see through his ring/cloak of invisibility. Given the circumstances, a good man would be vulnerable to bad deeds. I completely agree with this.