A Lesson From Current Events

Without making reference to specific individuals who were allegedly involved in wrongdoing many years ago and everything is coming out now: A lesson for us all. All רע comes with a serious punishment. This punishment almost never waits for the next world but is usually received right here in this world. Almost no bad goes unpunished. Sometimes it takes a year or two or ten or thirty - but eventually it comes out.

The same applies to bad middos. A person with bad middos - jealously, anger, lust, excessive desire for money etc. - all have their painful consequences in this world.

Middah tova meruba - good is always at least 500 times stronger than evil [according to Chazal]. If one does acts of goodness in this world he will be rewarded almost always right here in this world.

Good middos also have their immediate reward. A person with bitachon, optimism, love for his fellow, a generous heart etc. etc. will also reap the benefits right here,

In my lifetime, I have seen countless examples of both:-). May we all enjoy the rewards of our good in both this and the next world.