A Bit More On Social Turds: The "Other" Nature

The following was found online and is not my work.


It's a very odd thing, but true. Some people work very hard to make the world a little better. Others only seek to remove, hinder or destroy whatever is good and right.


The Creative Nature

If you're a gifted writer, speaker, builder, or if you can make things with your hands, you're considered creative. If you work with colors, introduce a useful perspective when solving difficult problems, or if you generally help to make the world a better place in some small way, then you're creative.

I'm convinced that every human soul has the potential for great creativity. The Universe generously distributes this quality among the human population to increase our joy in life. Creativity can change an empty and dull life into an explosion of art, style or new inventions -- or solutions to common problems.

The natural ability itself, and the willingness to devote hours, days, even years to developing the necessary skill, comes from The Universe -- from its own gracious Spirit that gives good gifts to all people.

In every society and in every community there are people who take positive steps to make the world a little better. And there's always plenty of need, on every level. People everywhere need to be helped, encouraged, inspired, prompted, provoked -- even directed, from time to time. And all of us need to be reminded of truth now and then.

The Universe uses many good things to stimulate the heart, to activate the brain, to lift up the spirit. The whole earth is filled with good things: green grass, amber shifting sands, blue skies, ever-changing clouds, a great variety of trees, the sounds of wind and rain, the call of a bird -- not to mention sunsets and sunrises, billions of stars at night, a simple rainbow, or a spectacular lightning display in a summer storm.


The Other Nature

But not all people want to enjoy or share good things. There are people who always resist positive action and thinking. There are those who live to complain, to hurt others, to destroy -- always taking, but never giving. They are ruined souls, hollow lives that reject every good thought, word and deed.


Ruined Souls

Every society and every community has its share of ruined souls. They murder, steal & rob, rape women and children, vandalize other people's property, and take pleasure in the loss or ruin experienced by other people. They take pleasure in evil. They hate or even fear the bright light of day.

Such ruined souls actually attack the good that others do. And they can be anywhere. They might be a school principal, even a teacher, or a religious leader. They may pass themselves off as a fellow artist, a writer, a news reporter, or a politician (remember McCarthy?).

If you spend much time doing anything good and worthwhile, making something beautiful, or improving the lot of others, then you've probably been attacked by an empty, ruined soul. They cannot abide a decent word or deed. They must attack it, trying to bring it down.


What Makes a Ruined Soul?

Maybe something very wrong has happened to these poor creatures. Rather than recover, they choose to try and bring the whole world down into their own level of ruin. Unwilling to produce anything good, they exist only to denounce and to pervert the good that others do. They live to destroy.

Can they be helped? Of course they can. Anyone and everyone can be saved from darkness and despair. Spiritually speaking, we must all choose to let go of the dark evil that threatens to overtake our hearts.