Has life been unfair to you?

@mimpi1911 (25464)
India
November 5, 2008 11:02am CST
There are some of us who have miserable fate even when they make sure to do things the right way whenever and wherever life would require it. On the contrary, some are amazingly successful and happy inspite of being least serious about things. Its not always about doing things right or wrong, some are born loser. How have life fared with you so far? Are you happy and know that what you are now is what you deserve? Or you have unprecedented events in life that have made you think that you are less blessed?
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@James72 (26790)
• Australia
5 Nov 08
I do feel that my own life has had it's fair share of unfair influences for sure but thankfully I have learned to not dwell on these aspects too much. Although at the time of any of these negative events in my life I was devastated, depressed, hurt or disillusioned etc but I always end up being able to look back and see that I of course survived just fine! The important thing is that we not only learn from these experiences; but that we are able to maintain a positive energy about us in spite of them. This is not easy! But we do stand a better chance of attracting positivity into our lives if we can manage to prevail. As for today, there are certain less than optimal circumstances I find myself in sometimes that I KNOW I deserve and many I do not; but I WILL win in the end because I believe I will! I am also fortunate to have many positive circumstances as well adn this is what I try to let rule my mind most of all.
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@mimpi1911 (25464)
• India
6 Nov 08
The BELIEF is the motivating factor and inspite of being repeatedly cornered I am here talking to you guys. Life is but a wheels with happy and sad moments. We survive both but there have been times in my life, do-not-want-to-live kinds, where I did not know how to motivate myself. But I did survive! The positive energy, as you have referred to, is a great thing and by feeling happy generally works wonders. Thanks for sharing this James.
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@James72 (26790)
• Australia
6 Nov 08
There is no question that at times we actually end up having to con ourselves mimpi and this may be seen by some people as less than optimal. But if we are able to successfuly convince ourselves that all is fine, even when it's not; we eventually get to a point where we start to believe it and will live our lives with these feelings as a default emotion.
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@mimpi1911 (25464)
• India
6 Nov 08
Yes, I agree. we can actually cultivate being in the happy state of mind all the time. Being happy, being with our 'default emotion' no matter what makes us deal with the turmoils easily.
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@Roseo8 (2947)
• India
6 Nov 08
Well Mimpi,what happens in our life is largely outside our control,but the way we chose to react is not....Very often ,I find that what looks like the end of the road,is more often a bend in the road......Also when some of my lifes desires are left unfulfilled,I always remain optimistic and keep hoping for something better.....Its better to be an optimistic winner than a pessimistic loser.......
@mimpi1911 (25464)
• India
11 Dec 08
How about optimistic loser and pessimistic winner!!
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@Roseo8 (2947)
• India
11 Dec 08
No fear,that's a negative attitude.....,not meant for a winner like you.....
• United States
6 Nov 08
When I was a teenager I had a lot of hateful rage in me and I thought life was unfair to me and the world owed me something because of the rotten up bringing I thought I had. But in my early 20's some serious life issues were thrown in my face and I had no other choice then to deal with my Mother dying at a young age. Oh boy, life got harder but at the same time I had a blast discovering who I was and I felt the worlds doors open to me . I fell in love and I no longer felt life was unfair. I think I took a lot for granted in my mid 20's and acted like a silly teenager until the age of 31, when my son was born. But in a sense I feel like I'm the same person I was then,but nowhere as angry, My son somehow open my heart and help melt a lot of my anger. Now I'm more appreciative and thankful for what I have. Oh, people are not born losers, loser's are created .
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@mimpi1911 (25464)
• India
11 Dec 08
You are a sweet person and i wish you love, life and all that you want. Hugs.
@mimpi1911 (25464)
• India
11 Dec 08
You are a sweet person and i wish you love, life and all that you want. Hugs.
@cupid74 (11388)
• Pakistan
6 Nov 08
Hi Dear i never think Life can be unfair to anyone, just we get im patient and start complaining if u never loose hope and dont get disappoint, trust me life is not THAT Bad as far as i am concerned, i am fortunate that Life is treating me very well with the Grace of almighty ALLAH, and i am happy, though have and had problem, but its Life Take care Mou
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@mimpi1911 (25464)
• India
11 Dec 08
That's so very you Zass. You need to tell me what you are. Blesed be.
@cupid74 (11388)
• Pakistan
23 Dec 08
@katb28 (225)
5 Nov 08
i think that how you choose to see life has a big impact on how you feel about it. i belive that my life is firmly in gods hand so all the things i have been through will turn out good in the end and through whatever i have suffered god will give me a way to make a difference in some one elses life and that way my hurt or pain through the experiance will not have been for nothing if you can help to influance one persons life in a good way through your expiriance i belive that that expiriance had a perpose. i also choose to try and see the best in other people i belive that everyone has some thing good in them and no matter how hard it is to find if you can find that thing you focuss on the good and not the flours you tend to do the same with all life i choose to be happy and i think all people have that chouice
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@mimpi1911 (25464)
• India
11 Dec 08
• Philippines
5 Nov 08
well we all have our share of ups and downs and sometimes the downs predominates---but we live. i've had my share of hell on earth, but i healed, i moved on and i grew up to be a better person after that. i have always believed that everything happens for a reason...it's not really how hard we fall that's important, it's what we learn and how long it takes for us to graciously stand up after we fall that really matters....dont you think so???
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• Philippines
6 Nov 08
very well said...thank you!
• United States
5 Nov 08
I have alot to be thankful for, I am a mother of 8, 5 boys 3 girls. It seems after you become a mother, you look at things so different. Children bring so much to the home, and they make you think about how easy it is to forgive, because they forgive so fast.
@alokn99 (5717)
• India
5 Nov 08
Happiness is a state of mind and is relative.There are those who do not go through even half of the misfortune and suffering that some of us do. And there are those who are worse off than we are. So it really a matter of perspective.We think we are happy with the way things are after having reached a particular point having achieved out that what we set out to do. Then there are a sequence of events which may not be in your control and things go wrong. One event after another preceeds and one reaches the other end of the scale in terms of success and happiness, in other words the bottom of the well. Whether these things could have been in your control it is both a yes and a no.But that is a question that we will always perplex us. Mimpi, if i have to look at my life situation, then i would say that that i have gone through unprecented events and why i went through them i never understood. Some of them hit me so hard that i never could comprehend and get a grasp on myself leading me to further throw away whatever i had. After all that i have been given a second chance. Did i deserve it ? In that sense i am blessed. How blessed and fortunate i will be in the future time will tell. But optimist i sure intend to be.
@alokn99 (5717)
• India
6 Nov 08
On the question Mimpi,for the purpose of argument, One will get selected as there is one vacancy, but those are the uncertainities in life. There are something we loose and some we win, some in our favour and some not. We take things in stride and go forward with the expectations of wanting to be succesful. If everything was for granted, then would ever be so easy. Hope this makes sense ?
@mimpi1911 (25464)
• India
6 Nov 08
I agree happiness is a state of mind Alok. And lucky are those who are generally happy. One can actually cultivate to achieve that HAPPY state. I have figured out many ways to be happy myself. This could be subjective but trust me you must be having your own DOs and DONTs. Sorry, I digressed. But there are instances which have little logic. Whims have no logic. What will you say when only one of the two candidates having the same qualifications, looks, attitude (say clonish) gets selected for a job while the other loses! It could be the whim of the selector or could be some undefined edge that the selected had over the other. But don't you find it strange? I am talking about such things. Your personal experience is pretty much similar to mine. I think, I am blessed to have the life I am having now. For all those failures, turmoils are but created by myself. Thanks.
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@nengs10 (3180)
• Philippines
6 Nov 08
It has. That's one of the realities of life. We do experience some unfair treatments and bad social encounters with people at times. Most of the time, it's what how you look like that made some people react badly or otherwise. It really happens.
@mimpi1911 (25464)
• India
11 Dec 08
I really appreciate your thoughts there.
@Bluepatch (2476)
• Trinidad And Tobago
6 Nov 08
People have not been fair to me but my life has always more or less reflected what I've put into it. Remember that we do have a big imput into life and each imput has a result. Many people place something into their lives and get something they don't want but they are the ones who put themselves there in the first place. Know what I mean ?
@mimpi1911 (25464)
• India
11 Dec 08
That makes perfect sense Bluepatch.
@bestie (3272)
• Philippines
6 Nov 08
there were times that I really confess life has been unfair to me no matter how I told myself that what happens to me is not the issue of being fare or unfair.I can say that I'm happy right now for who and what I am coz I'm pretty sure I deserve it,but still I know that there's a lot in my life that awaits me which I have to discern so I can say to my self that I'm blessed enough.I still feel the need of aiming something coz I know there's a lot more to come.
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@mimpi1911 (25464)
• India
11 Dec 08
Blessed be..
@madekun (70)
• Indonesia
6 Nov 08
i believe, all of our life is fair enough. although we didn't get what we want in this beautiful life. all that unpredictable problems is a way to explore more meaningful items of our life. and pardon me,i'm not so agree with 'some are born loser'.no one was born loser.we born to become a winner, isn't it? :)
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@mimpi1911 (25464)
• India
11 Dec 08
You are a winner all the way. We all are may be in some ways. Thanks.
@skaterx (530)
• Finland
5 Nov 08
I guess its not fair or unfair. All people have different lives, and different situations to face. Some people have it better than others and worse than others, and if you compare, there's usually someone with an easier or harder life than you, so its hard to judge what's fair or not. I think you have to handle it well no matter how it goes. Just do ur best!
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• China
6 Nov 08
I think,you are right. If we workong hard we can get evreything we want by hand.
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@mimpi1911 (25464)
• India
6 Nov 08
Indeed it is subjective. But here I a not talking about how we take it or what situation might ask us to do at at that point in time. What I am saying is, some people have things on platter without doing anything and some have to work hard yet not quite getting it!
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@SaintAnne (5453)
• United States
6 Nov 08
The last year, I thought that I had the rawest end of life's deal. But then I realized it was me all along who had that power to make life fair. So far, life is how I love it.
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@mimpi1911 (25464)
• India
6 Nov 08
Same here Sisi. I am blessed to have a wonderful life. I just love it.
• India
6 Nov 08
My life has been pretty unfair to me at times. There were times in my life when i had big dreams for myself but because of some instances i couldnot fullfill them and i blame my fate for it. And when i see my friends or other people doing the same thing which i had dremt of i feel less blessed. But then i feel blessed for many things in my life for which i would like to say thank you to god. My little son is my dream come true for me. I had literally bagged for him to god. And my husband my true soulmate, i met him in this life and i got a person who loves me unconditionally.
@mimpi1911 (25464)
• India
11 Dec 08
That's so good to hear! At the end of the day you know whom to lean on. Blessed be.
@riyasam (16556)
• India
6 Nov 08
i donot think life ha been unfair to me.i did have my share of problems but at the end of it,i always think that i went through such and such problem,i could learn so much from it.life has not been bed of roses or me.
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@mimpi1911 (25464)
• India
6 Nov 08
@ghazal2k5 (920)
• India
6 Nov 08
O yeah. I have a friend like that. No matter how hard he try even the simplest things become tougher for him. Me on the other hand dont believe much in fate and all that. Its life and everyone has to suffer. All i do is enjoy everything.
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@mimpi1911 (25464)
• India
11 Dec 08
@kaka135 (14916)
• Malaysia
6 Nov 08
I've recently learnt this - Life is not fair, and we just can't expect everything to be fair. Knowing and accepting this makes me happier. Yeah, I'm happy with who I am now.
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@mimpi1911 (25464)
• India
11 Dec 08
@mayka123 (16583)
• India
6 Nov 08
I have had my share of ups and downs in life but I have always thought that it is because I may have made some wrong decisions in life. I will not say that I am happy now but I have accepted life as it comes my way and try not to complain as that only makes things worse.
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@mimpi1911 (25464)
• India
6 Nov 08
I find myself right there with you. I admit my fault and learn and grow from it and DO NOT COMPLiAN.
@wangkai (797)
• China
6 Nov 08
yes. i think that life is unfair to me.
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@mimpi1911 (25464)
• India
11 Dec 08
@Nhey16 (2518)
• Philippines
6 Nov 08
i guess there's a lot of times, i do ask myself why has life been so unfair..... almost everyday.... maybe, that's why im having this depression.... but in some cases, especially when i see my kids... i would thank God about how blessed i am having them... i guess every human being asks the same question...
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@mimpi1911 (25464)
• India
11 Dec 08
I wish you a very happy life ahead...