Why the Good should suffer?

A person who is a very good human asked me yesterday “ I am shocked on seeing what is happening in the world. How is it that some people are leading a happy and peaceful life while the rest lead a miserable one.For me this occurrence seems to be a mystery. And adding insult to injury it is the bad people who are happy while the good are unhappy. I am not convinced of any explanation for such a difference.” I observed silence for a long time and did not reply. He got provoked and asked me “ Tell me whether you know or you do not know. If you do not know , leave it to the Almighty. “ I continued to observe silence, wrote in a piece of paper and gave it to him to read. I had written on the paper “Hidden within my silence is the answer. It is “Acceptance.”Why go to the Almighty for an answer when HE is already inside you?. Ask yourself.” He was not convinced. I left the room allowing him to chew the cud of this answer and not wisdom ( How can this mortal claim it to be wisdom?)in peace.
Dr S Ramakrishnan
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