“Why do bad things happen to good people”…

I think.. it’s too much of an overgeneralization. Sure, sometimes life throws you a curveball. You cross paths with someone who sucks and they screw you over. You’re born into an unfortunate circumstance or life dumps a terrible event on you unexpectedly.

I gotta say though, from the perspective of someone who goes about their life with the aspiration to be a ‘good person’, most of the bad stuff that has happened to me has come about because I had poor boundaries and poor self-care. You can be a empathetic, compassionate, ethical, dependable etc. person and still not stroll into bad situations and allow yourself to get enmeshed with problematic people.