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Rule Number One!
As we get older we lose our innocence. The more we say, “That’s not fair,” the more we lose some of the shine in our eyes. The rose-colored glasses slowly fade to a dingy gray. We realize our parents aren’t perfect. Maybe our religion led us to believe that if we lived our lives a certain way, things would turn out sunshine and roses for us; but, the reality was more like clouds and weeds.
I have my father to thank for that particular lose of innocence not being an issue in my life. Whenever I would complain about getting the short end of the stick, my dad would stop me and ask, “Jodi, what is Rule Number One?” I would groan and say, “The world was never meant to be fair.” After repeating this consistently, I began to believe it.
The world’s a bad place, and things just aren’t fair. End of story. Not a pretty reality, but it’s the truth. And sometimes we even benefit from this equation. I walked away from a terrible accident a few months ago with nothing more than a wound that turned into a scar on my face and a couple of broken ribs. People have died or lost limbs from much less than flipping end over end three times on the interstate like I did.
So, I’m waxing a little philosophical today. But really I hope this will help just one person struggling through the unfairness life tosses our way who is seeking explanations. Because, really, sometimes there just aren’t explanations.
REFER TO RULE NUMBER ONE: “THE WORLD WAS NEVER MEANT TO BE FAIR.”
And I believe we will understand it all by and by. The song I’m sharing today is my absolute favorite Gospel song.
Johnny Cash: “Farther along”
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By JG
January 22, 2009 11:55 AM | Link to this | Report comment abuse
You are so right!! Life definitely isn’t fair. It’s a hard reality to face but sometimes there are no answers as to why things happen and didn’t happen, and sometimes it’s just not fair whether you like it or not!
By Jody
January 22, 2009 3:49 PM | Link to this | Report comment abuse
That’s the truth. I am, however, pretty partial to the idea that “what’s good for the goose is good for the gander.”
By KF
January 23, 2009 2:16 PM | Link to this | Report comment abuse
Life is very fair. We are all born into the world as equals. It’s society makes your life unfair to you, not living in the world. You could pack up and move to the boon docks, live off the land, with no interaction with others and how would you go about justifying saying the world is unfair? You wouldn’t be able too. To say the world is unfair is not accurate. You should be saying the society I live amongst is not fair, but I live here by choice and there forth I acknowledge and accept it.
By Black Sheep Betty
January 23, 2009 3:16 PM | Link to this | Report comment abuse
Well, natural selection isn’t fair. If one person is born without legs and the other one is, each on their own island, what’s fair about that? Some people are just born with natural advantages. Mind you, I’m not whining. I think the world is that way on purpose. We all have different things we need to learn and our experiences and trials help us mature. But that’s just my take on it. (>: But reality is that most of us do live amongst society, which makes things even more interesting…
By KF
January 23, 2009 6:50 PM | Link to this | Report comment abuse
Both new islanders have the same opportunity to survive. One will defiantly have to over come limitations, but that doesn’t make the world unfair. Unless you consider only the strong surviving an unfair advantage. I certainly don’t. It’s natures way of keeping the world pure. It’s no different then abnormalities in animal life in which some birth defect took place. They usually have a short life span. Sad, yes…Unfair, no.
By KDF
January 23, 2009 8:05 PM | Link to this | Report comment abuse
When I was 44, almost 45, I found out that I had a primary brain tumor. The doctor operated, I went on chemo and had radiation. The doctor told me that I had 1 1/2 to 2 years to live. He showed me the first MRI a month after the operation, where the major tumor was and where the tenticles still are. My eyes were opened and I thanked God this happened to me.
Well, 3 years and 7 months later I am still kickin’. Yes, seizures have come, but not for a long while. My faith in God has stengthend. I re-married, have four teenaged step-children and moved to China Spring.
With my short-story let me add, I feel that life is very fair, especially when I look around at others who have daily problems. Many ask me, “man, I don’t know how you handle it?” Handle it?? I just thank God that I have it!!! <><