If a child steals a lollypop, what should be the consequence? Can the child learn something from this experience? Does the child want to live in a world where their own things are stolen? Should the consequences be different based on the child’s neighborhood or color of their eyes? If you lived far from a neighborhood or country were blue eyed children who steal were removed from their homes, would you fight to help those children and families?
God may be a perfect accountant, but this does not relieve humans of the responsibility to care for each other. Within this beautiful and infinite cosmos, in the end, nothing is left unresolved, AND it is also true that humans do not live in a completely just world. Both of these are true simultaneously, and, as humans, we have responsibilities to tend the garden of justice.
As millions of humans fight to help us move in the direction of justice, let’s remember that justice is beautiful and, like a garden, requires constant tending. Let’s fight for a better world, and let’s be aware of those who can’t fight for themselves.
Don’t feel burdened by this battle. Fighting for justice can be as simple as saying “She was here first” when the salesman rushes to help you instead of the woman with the crying baby, or as great as those souls who have changed the course of history. Whatever path you choose, let’s move towards the beauty that is justice.