She shouted at her mother in law for a few things and then she was scared. She called up, and asked, how could she justify this to her husband. I asked her, what had happened and she ended up confessing that, it irritates her to see her mother in law and her husband sharing time. So eventually it comes out. I asked her, what is the right thing to do and she shared the right thing, to be peaceful and accept the family, rather than just trying to mess around. I am glad she knew the right thing. Then do the right thing, rather than justifying the wrong one. When we justify a wrong act, we encourage that.
He was taking out funds from his boss’s account illegally. He always had one justification that he was being paid less, his boss was rude to him and he was punishing him for that. After two years he fell sick and he could not find a suitable doctor. Every treatment he was opting for was causing one or other problem. He wondered why was this happening. No doctor was able to diagnose his problem. Money was just flowing out. His wise friend told him that it is the result of what he had done in the job. He did not agree but still he decided to follow as he was tired. He stopped doing that, started putting in extra work and also started donating. The cycle started receiving and his health started improving in a few months. He wondered if he harmed himself and his family more by doing the wrong things and the answer is yes!
It’s easy to fall into the trap of wrong doing. At that time, it looks like an easy option. It’s easy to justify the wrong doing because that’s how ego works and we get further trapped by ego. Or let’s say we start falling into a never ending pit. Whatever justification we have, a wrong would always be wrong. Nothing can make it right, especially if its done with awareness.
Never justify the wrong. Do the right thing and right thing will start happening with us.
