W – What’s Wrong? Let me check my list.

What if all our wrongs were being recorded?

There is a folktale that talks about the carrying of our troubles and our blessings on our shoulders (https://goo.gl/N9rMJI). The gist of the story is that we carry these things with us throughout our lives. They hopefully balance each other out. In that same vein, what if all the wrongs that we have ever done were being recorded and we had to carry those with us?

I’ll define “Wrong” as things that you have done wrong to yourself or others, not incorrect answers that you’ve put on tests. In some cases, you may regret those things that you did wrong. Depending on the type of person you are, in some cases, you might not. I don’t wish to judge where your wrongs come from and I’m not one to use religion as the Godly keeper of this information. You are the one responsible for holding your own wrongs.

We all have things or done things that we feel were justly or unjustly a wrong. Some may be as simple as not helping someone who seeks assistance or being impolite to someone because we’re having a bad day.

In a moral sense, there are some things that are just plain wrong, whether it be global wrongs such as genocide or racism, or local ones like scamming someone out of money or deliberately lying to or about someone in order to gain a position or material goods.

On the other side of our carry-on baggage, we need to record all of the Rights we do: when we do help others, say good, positive things, improve ourselves through hard work (not at the expense of others).

Whichever way these rights and wrongs get recorded, we need to keep them with us as a reminder of the things we’ve done and who we are. It is hoped that the Rights outnumber the Wrongs and that the Rights are greater in their emphasis on our lives. Not all wrongs are equal. Each right and wrong should be weighted as to its severity. The more Rights we’ve done should counterbalance and even overbalance the Wrongs. The Wrongs that we carry, should, though a burden, help us learn how to be better people and help in the creation of some of our Rights. That’s why we record them.

With all that said, there are some wrongs that cannot be counterbalanced and should be recognized by all. Some of those, they are not even recognized by the individuals committing them (mass murders, intentional destruction of our homes and planet, willful destruction of people’s lives for personal benefit, etc.). My hope in those instances is that those Wrongs do become realized for what they are by us and by the ones carrying them before it’s too late and that the people carrying them hold themselves accountable for the consequences of their actions.  

What if we could see all of the other peoples’ Right/Wrong carry-ons? Would that affect how we interact with them?