Life's Not Fair
By zandi458
@zandi458 (28102)
Malaysia
June 25, 2009 11:50am CST
Life doesn't treat everyone the same way. For some, it is as if their roads are paved with satin gold - every step just falls into place and the journey is a smooth one, except with the most minor of infractions.
For the second lot of people, life deals with it, at every corner, some form of pitfall or other. Nothing comes easy. Struggle rules the day. Failure stomps its feet. Calamity strikes. Money is never enough. Friends aren't easy to come by. Criticism is abundant. Stress abounds and life seems too much to tolerate.
What do you do then? When failure haunts you. When your plans fail, when things don't come easy - what do you do? Do you fall down to your feet and cry? Or, do you stand up and fight?
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31 responses
@littleowl (7157)
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26 Jun 09
Hi zandi, stand up and fight! That is what I have always done, luck hasn't come my way really and when have been knocked down, slapped in the face etc etc which has been many times..I get up dust myself down, and start again...survival is what it is all about...hugs LoLo
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@ellie26 (4139)
• Malaysia
25 Jun 09
We are never told that life will be a smooth sailing. What we can do is pick up the broken pieces, face life challenges ahead with courage and faith that there is a brighter future ahead. Just remember, no matter how hard life may be, things will change for better one day. Just think about people who has nothing at all and still they continue to live on what they have.
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@zandi458 (28102)
• Malaysia
26 Jun 09
I know there are worse cases around and am thankful that I am not as bad as I thought I am. What kind of people will we be if we never have trouble? We learn courage when we face danger, we learn patience when we endure suffering all these are part of living.
@angel_of_charm (4134)
• Philippines
26 Jun 09
If life is easy then I believe there's nothing more to live for. Trials are given to strengthen our souls. Calamities occur because of humans ignorance. Mother nature is like saying its pay back time since we humans had been abusing the nature our whole lives.
"Life is a matter of choice, we choose what our lives would become. Remember God has given us free will to choose our own destiny. To choose between what's right and what's wrong.
Our lives lies on our own hands---so we can't blame anyone else if our lives didn't turn out to be what we expected."
Happiness lies on every person. Its about being contented and learning to appreciate little things.
Most of the time we play victims of our own life on which we should have been the hero and the main character on our own life. We tend to play the bestfriend when we should not be.
For every fall there's every gain. When we fall we stand up and say that's life, but do not let it happen again for if it happens again then you cannot say that's life again. Because your trying to find reason for your own fault in that case.
Admit, accept and learn that is what life should be.
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@zandi458 (28102)
• Malaysia
27 Jun 09
We all encounter misfortune and unexpected circumstances in our life. Tolerance gives us the strength to come to terms with circumstances when chance sabotages our expectations, or when we face difficulties at work, calamities or diseases. We need to accept, to ascend and descend with the rhythm of life in order to walk this life.
@prashanthalva (2272)
• India
26 Jun 09
I Am Sorry to Say You are Not Well Informed ................... You Are in A Life Of Illusion .............. Come To the real World Learn To accept Reality ...........................
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@angel_of_charm (4134)
• Philippines
28 Jun 09
To prashantlava,
My dear, I am a human being that had experience a lot of painful things in life and I can never count it with my fingers because its too many that's why I know I'm living in the real world and not an illusion.
We all suffered in different cases in life, but did we ever asked our selves why? For sure we did, but did we find the right answer for that matter? Maybe you can try to reflect back with life and the things that had happen and ask yourself once again why it happened. To admit it or not in many cases we always try to reason out with our own self only not to blame our self. Its hard to admit an own mistake that is why we tend to find fault to others.
Reflect back and see that there's something that you had done reason for those things to happen.
Is it like when your starving and do not have a bread on the table, you blame parents because they didn't buy any instead of going out and get one for yourself to ease the hunger?
That's the point, we'd rather choose to stay at that one scenario in our life when we can rather choose to move forward and do something to make it better and when we fail on the first attempt we remain stagnant and say we just can't do it because were never skilled nor bless to do it. We only complain but did we ever did something before we even complain?
We always say life is unfair and it ends just like that why? Because that's what is marked in our minds. We complain and tell our stories like hundreds of times already but have we ever realize how many years of that story had passed?
Read well and you'll get what's the real message with this response.
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@maygodblessu44 (7336)
• India
27 Jul 09
Hello my friend zandi458 Ji,
You have described clear concept of our life. So my concept is not to expect anything from life and be happy, whatever comes. So I do not have any tension. A person, who thinks that life is so easy that whatever obne wants, one will get are rare cases. But even if I know that life is struggle, I love to live andface all odd situations happily. If i am not able to get anything nearby, I just leave it to Almighty and never crib, why I failed. I always think, there is nothing in my hands. I am just puppet in hands of Almighty, who only created me. HE is there to take care of me. So I remain balanced.
May god bless You and have a great time.
@maygodblessu44 (7336)
• India
27 Jul 09
Hello my friend zandi458 Ji,
So nice of you for your encouraging and supporting views.
May God bless you and have a good time.
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@krajibg (11922)
• Guwahati, India
1 Jul 09
Hi zandi,
It is not expected that life would be your hand and glove friend. Life has ever been hostile towards man and therefore all the struggle man had taken to face the Nature and they emerged victorious in some cases though the Nature is not yet explored.
I have never expected any good return from life abut this does not convey a meaning that I have been careless towards it. I go my way life takes its own course.
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@zandi458 (28102)
• Malaysia
1 Jul 09
Hi raj, to overcome these negative feelings, you have to bear in mind that there are a variety of human beings, each having his part to play. We must be aware that, unlike a drama in a theatre where there can be an understudy or substitute, in this unlimited drama of life, there is no other actor who can play our role as well as we do. Each individual has a rightful place and role in the drama of life.
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@GardenGerty (161006)
• United States
26 Jun 09
I am very tenacious, I just keep plugging away. I am not necessarily a fighter, but I am loyal, and I hold on to what is right, even when things seem unfair. I am not one to say "Why me?' but am more likely to say "Why not me?" I am not better than anyone else. All of us deserve the worst possible outcomes, none of us deserve the goodness in life that we get.
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@dpk262006 (58678)
• Delhi, India
26 Jun 09
Hi Zandi!
You are very right, 'Life is not a bed of roses'. Life's journey always crosses many tricky paths with its ups and downs. Ups and downs are parts of life and we should accept it gracefully. Getting overjoyed on our successes or on our achievements or getting too down and out on our failures lead us nowhere. We need to accept the challenges and failures in life with a bold face. It is also said that 'failures are the stepping stones in our life'. If some events in my life make me feel down and out, I do not give up easily, I try to fight it out to the best of my abilities and capabilities. I remain optimistic and believe that there is always some light at the end of tunnel (of sorrows). Crying or cribbing on our problems does not help, we need to fight out the oddities in our life.
Good Post!
@dpk262006 (58678)
• Delhi, India
29 Jun 09
Hi Zandi!
Yes we should always be optimistic and should feel that 'tomorrow would be better'.
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@zandi458 (28102)
• Malaysia
27 Jun 09
I agree with you that crying does not solve the problems. Digging down, finding strength, and standing up to hardship can be one of the great rewards and joys of life. On a positive not, I've learned that, no matter what happens, however bad it seems today, life does go on and it will be better tomorrow.
@carolscash (9492)
• United States
2 Jul 09
I am the second kind of person the last two weeks anyway and I don't know where I am going but I know that God has a plan for me. It seems that everything that I do is failing and that everytime I need to pay bills I am out of the loop. I hope that I can do something to get back on track with everything.
@zandi458 (28102)
• Malaysia
2 Jul 09
Hi carolscash, life is hard and life is often unfair and we can expect trouble. But that doesn't mean we have to let it defeat us. That is maybe God's way of telling you that He has something much better for you. The only option for those who find life going crisscross is to be patient.
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@CatsandDogs (13963)
• United States
25 Jun 09
I have to say that it really depends on the situation. Like for instance, when my mother was sick last year when she had a brain stem stroke and made a turn for the worse, I collapsed on the floor and just cried my heart out. I haven't cried like that in so many years so you can imagine the heartache I felt at that time. Then another time is when my nephew lies on my husband and my brother chooses to believe him over our dad and myself when we were there and know better, that's when I got angry and angry as HELL!! Now if it were a situation of having a flat tire on our last rounds of getting debris out of our woods, we just laughed it off and took a tire off of one trailer and put it on the other and continued on. Life does have it's challenges, no doubt, but it's how you handle them after the fact is what counts for anything. Having a good cry is good for the soul although not a good situation though but it does relieve the pressure and weight some then if we get back up and dust ourselves off and continue on, we're doing quite alright.
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@zandi458 (28102)
• Malaysia
26 Jun 09
Hi Cats, so how is your mum doing? My dad suffered brain stem stroke and organs failure and did not survive two years ago. It has been a great blow to my life as he was close to me and my life is never the same again with the loss of my father and my mentor. But obstacles in life will uncover things about ourselves that we never knew. Challenges make us stretch, they make us go beyond the norm.
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@CatsandDogs (13963)
• United States
26 Jun 09
Hi zandi, thank you for asking about my mom. She's very depressed because she used to be so independent and now she's not. She's right handed and it's mainly her right side that was affected. She can just barely write but it's almost unreadable. Her broken rib is healing but still grabs her at times but she is getting better all the way around but it's "oh so slow" process.
Bless your heart! I'm so sorry to hear about your dad! We almost lost mom three times but luckily with us being there A LOT like we were, she got better treatment than she would have. I almost got arrested a few times because I wouldn't take the nurses or doctors crap so they found out in a hurry that I wasn't going to take any of it except the best of care because although it's not their mom and yes she's lived her life, she's MY mom and will get the best of treatment that she deserves! But all in all, it is what it is. But for you please accept my condolences on your dad and please know that he loved you so very much and is very proud of you!! I have no doubt that he's watching over you right this very moment!!
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@ANTIQUELADY (36440)
• United States
26 Jun 09
U are right it's not fair but u are like me i think u are not going to let it get u down. I have fought all my life for waht i wanted & what i have. I'M sure not going to give into it now at my age, I can still fight if necessary.
@ANTIQUELADY (36440)
• United States
26 Jun 09
IF we don't win it sure want be from lack of trying.
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@EliteUser (3964)
• Australia
29 Sep 09
Hey,
Yes most people have to go through their lives and for them it also isn't quite fair. Many people have lost their loved ones in accidents or various things. They have to also deal with these things. It will never be smooth, I can tell you that. Make sure you have a good day, God bless and Happy Lotting!!
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@kawalnarang (1095)
• Trinidad And Tobago
25 Jun 09
I do both,, in same order as mentioned,I do lose courage too,,But I have seen that I get new ray of hope,, I don't know from where,,But I do,,,That's the fact of life,, Think of God all the time,, In Good times,, In sad times,, And at other times,,anyone will agree with that
@kawalnarang (1095)
• Trinidad And Tobago
27 Jun 09
I love ur comments,, and also I love___
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@shinymood (405)
• China
26 Jun 09
Hi, you are right. Life's never fair for every one of us. In fact, life's unfair most of the time, "fair" only comes as a relative term.
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@paula27661 (15811)
• Australia
26 Jun 09
When I fall down I allow myself to cry for while and then usually make the decision to pick myself up and carry on. I will stand up and fight if I feel strongly enough about something. I try very hard to ‘go with the flow’ and let go of results and allow life to move through me. I think that stopping the need to control is the trick to a much happier existence with a lot less struggle and stress.
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@zandi458 (28102)
• Malaysia
27 Jun 09
We need to be courageous to face the pitfalls in life. Cry when you need to, as it is a sure way of releasing stress and pain. Determine to choose the right pace: If you go too quickly you can catch up with misfortune, and if you go too slowly, misfortune can catch up with you. When you are both patient and persistent, you miss the wrong places and end up where you're supposed to be.
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@zhuhuifen46 (3483)
• China
8 Jul 09
Life is never fair no matter how nice it is said to be. With this in mind, you will feel more easily at ease. What I do is to try my best to seek a change for the better compared with my past self, or people at more inferior status. When you go over the mountains, hills would look plain.
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@flyisky (196)
• China
28 Jun 09
Well, just like you say life is`t fair. Some born in rich family and have a smooth journey to success, the others born in poor family and must stand up and fight for their fate. Unfortunately, I belong to the latter group. However, I don`t feel depressed because nothing gonna change if I fall down to my feet and cry secretly. What I wanna do now is to fight for the better future. Poverty, failure, pain all these stuff cannot beat me down, because I have faith and strong determination to support my action. Past is unmodifiable, but the future is held tightly in my fists. So, don`t kneel to the life, just conquer it. Have a good day!
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