Sometimes No One Wins Really

I watched an ok movie last night, Godsend with Robert DiNero. The basic premise is that a couple has a child, the child is killed and Robert DiNero steps in and offers them the chance to "clone" their dead child in a new embryo. This post is not about cloning, although that is probably a goldmine of controversy.

One scene that grabbed my attention was the father confronting Robert DiNero when his new child starts to do weird things. The father blamed him, and Robert DiNero threw the argument back at him and said that they did it together. The line that stuck with me is, "What? Do you think you can just open Pandora's Box and close it again." In light of all the controversy that I am on the fringe of, that seems so true. Do people even think of the consequences of what they say and do? Until recently, I never realized how damaging a vengeful person can be. I think we've all had vengeful thoughts in defense of ourselves or someone we love, but typically we don't act on those feelings. They soften with time, as they should. What I fail to understand are the people who are so motivated by hate and misplaced justice that they will destroy everything and everyone in their path to victory. How can one not even consider all the people and good things that they have the power to destroy and not see that it just isn't right? Do some people really find themselves believing lies as truth? Do they make themselves truly believe what they want to see? That must be it, because no psychologically stable person would hurt others with such malice and believe that it is ultimately for good. I also never realized the power of one. It only takes one person to set the world on it's ear. So for all the times we feel powerless, I guess it isn't really true. We can make life a living Hell, too. Ok, sarcasm. If it only takes one person to spread evil, why does it seem like one person doing good isn't quite as effective? Maybe, I should know the answers to some of this, since I'm a shrink wannabe and all. I do have some theories. Maybe someday...

That has me spinning, too. I have spent so much of my life wanting to be "in the know". Now that I am, I realize the burden of information and truth. Sometimes it's better not to know. Like, just eat the hot dog and don't ask how it's made. Ignorance is truly bliss sometimes, especially for people like me who so want to believe that people are inherantly good. I don't want to know that there are snakes all around me. I don't want to be distrustful or feel that I have to watch what I say to whom. I don't like having to remember every detail of every day. I just have to keep believing that God is here and that good does conquer evil. Prayer doesn't hurt, either. Unfortunately, at this point the damage is done and no one really wins no matter what they think. Be good to each other.