{"id":241,"date":"2020-04-23T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-23T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ritu.piknikmarketing.co\/2020\/04\/23\/bad-things-happen-to-good-people\/"},"modified":"2022-02-01T21:42:52","modified_gmt":"2022-02-01T21:42:52","slug":"bad-things-happen-to-good-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ritubhasin.com\/blog\/bad-things-happen-to-good-people\/","title":{"rendered":"Bad Things Happen to Good People"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe data-src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IiCQe8iZt9k?wmode=opaque&amp;enablejsapi=1\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><br \/>\n<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\">The world continues to be in crisis.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\">Hundreds of thousands of people have contracted COVID-19, not to mention people are dying, millions have lost their jobs, tremendous social inequities are being experienced, <a href=\"https:\/\/ritubhasin.com\/blog\/how-to-be-anti-racist-during-this-time-of-crisis\/\">racism<\/a> is running rampant, and so much more.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\">So many of us are <a href=\"https:\/\/ritubhasin.com\/blog\/the-magic-that-happens-when-we-share-our-suffering\/\">struggling and in pain<\/a>, and we\u2019re railing against the Universe, trying to uncover a reason for what\u2019s been happening. 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