what's wrong with the world?

is there anything wrong with the world?
i heard the sentence "things aren't as they should be" today.
but i thought - things are as they are. things just happen, they just exist, occur, they just are. where does this higher standard come in?

look at the news, read about war and murder and rape and injustice and genocide and theft, adultery, abortions. these things just are. and really, someone could say "nothing is wrong with the world". this is the world. there's no more wrong in these things than there is wrong in a fish swimming in water. that is the nature of the game.

i see this as one side of a contract. because as soon as you respond by saying "but they're wrong, it's obvious that they're wrong". then i will say - then the universe must have meaning. and it must have been founded upon some system of justice. and that system must be real enough for us to know, but too high for us to keep.

and whatever else you believe, you can't deny that, because you signed on the dotted line. and you're now only one step away from hearing the best news that any human has ever known.