Seeking a Master

[aipsylon]

"I understand the idea, Master, But do we not open ourselves to disappointment, frustration, and anger over not being able to do things about what we perceive as wrong? The king on Frey for instance. He starves his people. I know I cannot solve all of their starving with the current climate and conditioning, but your brother, he has become quite angry with the masters at the academy for doing their best not to inflame the situation, and I know at times my inability to relieve the suffering of so many people has frustrated me in the moment." He stopped for a moment in thought about something.

"After further thought I am not sure that your first statement is comprehensive. While doing right or wrong can be equally demanding if effort, it is situationally harder. For instance, it takes very little effort to wish someone a good day, and to inquire on their well being, while pretending they do not exist, in most cases, takes no effort at all, and belittling them takes far more. It this it took less effort to do right. Now take another example, a city where you are starving along with most of the rest of the city due to a food shortage. Starving, it is wrong to steal food from another to survive, but if you have the strength you would certainly be able to, and to stop one from stealing from another would be right. You cannot stop the starving, but you slow it, it is something you can do, it also is more difficult." At that he thought a pair of seconds more then nodded, convinced he had made his case.