Why Do the Kind Suffer While the Cruel Thrive?

I know someone , a kind and gentle soul who has never hurt anyone. He has a beautiful heart, yet he’s completely lost, depressed and hopeless.

life has been nothing but cruel to him. He isn’t particularly smart or conventionally attractive and he struggles with some health issues. no matter how good he is, people treat him poorly because let’s be honest the world judges based on appearance not character.

he worked hard to earn his degree but every job he lands ends the same way he gets fired for not being “good enough.”

Meanwhile, I see others manipulative narcissistic even cruel who seem to have it all. They lie they use people and step on others, yet they are admired, successful, and respected.

So, from a spiritual perspective how do you make sense of this? Why does life seem to reward the worst while breaking the best?