Philosophizing about the misery of the world Dante described it perfectly.  Bleeding trees waiting for judgement day, from which we can hang ourselves on our own branches.  It is not that easy.  Finding rest…takes a real genius. It is a question of insight.  According to R.C. Sproul we are not sinners because we sin.  We are simply sinners.   In other words, we are not bad because we do ‘evil’.  We do ‘evil’ because we are bad.  Which choices do such people have?  It seems like we don’t have any options. In order to see what we ultimately are, we stand before the light and our true nature is revealed.  Self-revelation is the destruction of the ego.