Life is not fair. Good is not always rewarded.... immediately. If I didn't learn that lesson growing up, I certainly did entering adulthood, as a young woman. I learned many hard lessons on the subject as "life" has let me down almost daily.

"Going back to when we were children, I think most of us in this courtroom thought justice came automatically. That virtue was its own reward. That good triumphs over evil. But as we get older, we know this isn’t true. Individual human beings have to create justice, and this is not easy because the truth often poses a threat to power and one often has to fight power at great risk to themselves." JFK

Losses lead some to crack and commit crimes against humanity. Some suffer in silence and simply keep the status quo. And then there's a whole other segment of society who will rise and demonstrate the extraordinary, in the right time and season. The reward is resilience built in the growth process.

Justice may not always be served in a manner where good is rewarded; I know, as I became a widow at age 43. Real power is in the sacrifice unless you allow yourself to become the victim..........