Has life been just to you?

India
May 19, 2010 4:16am CST
Everybody amongst us has a different and unique story to tell. For some of us life has been very tough but somehow or the other we seem to be clinging on to it. For others life has been a never ending tea-party. Right from the moment they were born everything was spoon fed and ready for them to grab. Some of us have great aspirations and are probably on the way to make it happen. Its for the future to tell whether our dreams are gonna be fulfilled or not. Some have had everything possibly one could wish for. Right from a loving and caring family, to fame, to wealth and then with twist of events things slipped by their fingers as sand. And they are back to square one. left with nothing except some fond memories which urge a tear to be shed. And then there are a good majority of us who are down and out "The miserables". Life has always been a never ending saga of miseries. Somehow or the other they seem to adjust themselves amongst the bitterness of life. How has life been to you? Could you say it is "Just"? Whats your story? Pour in your heart's content. Let us hear each other out! Have a great day ahead! Bodhi
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14 responses
• China
19 May 10
for me,life is tough or happy is base on ourselves.if we make our greatest efforts,i believe the life will be what you wanted to be before.if you have made no efforts and you feel the life is tough,i think you deserve it.do you agree with me?
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• India
20 May 10
Obviously one has to strive hard to achieve something. Efforts are required. Thanks!
@cynthiann (18602)
• Jamaica
19 May 10
In my experience those who want for nothing have so many problems. I know a young multi millionaire (inherited wealth)who is constantly in pain. He has traveled across the world to try and find a doctor who cure him. His first marriage broke up because he is in such pain that he was constantly hell to live with. Miserable all of the time. His second wife is more understanding and doesn't quarrel with him all of the time as she understands the agony that he goes through trying to live without medication 24/7. His money does not make him happy. I know so many people with money who are not happy or they become so spoiled that they no longer appreciate the blessings that God has showered them with. Perhaps the life we have is the life that God meant us to live and we should do the best with it that we can. We must live our life helping others and doing what we can to improve our life. There is nothing wrong with ambition. But true happiness definitely comes from within. Blessings dear friend
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@cynthiann (18602)
• Jamaica
20 May 10
I have been blessed to be aware of when I am happy. I can think that right now I am happy and I bask in the love of God. I have also suffered great hardships in life but I have never lost the faith because it was in those times that I drew closer to God and called out for help in the days of dark despair. When I crawled out of those times I realised that God had never deserted me. He was there by my side all along but I was too wrapped up in my self to recognise that fact. I was also taught humility and I think that learning these life lessons has made me who I am right now. I do think that I was very immature in my thought and my values when I was younger and not so compassionate as I am now. Sometimes we need the hard times to make up aware of the good times. I honestly believe that we are to love each other as God loves us. It does not matter to me how a person worships in whatever religion. The bottom line is to love each other.Any religion that does not say that basic fact would leave me cold and I would not worship in that religion. I respect all people and it does not matter in which way they worship as long as they try to live in a better peaceful way. Many blessings
• India
20 May 10
Well in Hindi there is this very popular expression which says in oder to make gold it has to go through the unbearable heat of the goldsmith's. I guess every religion or a true preacher has taught us to love and respect every other human being. But then there are those sad manipulators who twist and bend things for their own personal greed. I really can't think of any particular religion which says to kill innocent lives and to hate others who have chosen any other path to chant the name of God. God bless you too.
• India
20 May 10
You and your responses always do inspire me in such a wonderful way. Yes, God has made destiny for us. But sometimes the plans of god seems to be so cruel and at other times it may seem to be so biased. i have gone through instances as if He is conspiring to make me happy by his mysterious ways. The wise call it karma. Life for me has been pretty amazing making my jaw to drop when I travel from one "instant" to the other. How about you my dearest friend? Bodhi
@maximax8 (31053)
• United Kingdom
22 May 10
For me my life has been full of surprises and quite exiting at times. I was born to a mother that worked as a librarian and a father that was an electronic engineer. My sister is five years older than me. I had a lovely childhood. I had dreams of going off traveling. When I was 14 years old I went to Greece. Then at age 18 years old I traveled around Europe by train. I was left some money in my Great Aunts will and with it I bought a little cottage when I was 19 years old. I got a job in a ship brokers in London. My life seemed to be going really well. Then I got made redundant and it was challenging to find another job. I let out my cottage and got a working holiday visa for Australia. I went on a trip around the world. In Australia I met an Australian man. He and I got married and we had a baby son. I studied at university and became a primary school teacher. I got divorced and didn't think I would have anymore children. I had another relationship and my second son was born. He is disabled. Then my daughter was born. My life is happy but it does have its challenges.
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• India
22 May 10
Thank you so much for sharing. You always seem to be travelling. Your discussions are always on travelling too, right! Just curious, have you ever been in India? Bodhi
@tigeraunt (6326)
• Philippines
15 Jun 10
dear bodhi, as the saying goes, life is like a wheel, sometimes you are up and sometimes you are down. life is always a combination of happiness, of sadness, of self confidence or lack of it, of fear, health, illness, of finding someone, of loosing someone... and so on. life has been fair to me. i experienced all those and it gets me stronger by day by day. God bless, ann
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• India
18 Jun 10
Thank you ann, Its really good to know that you are happy the way life has treated you! I am so sorry for the late response back. Have a beautiful week-end!
@jaiho2009 (39142)
• Philippines
20 May 10
Life is full of surprises. Like how you describe on your topic my dear brother. Life is how we sees it according to our own perspective. Sometimes when we are facing difficulties,we thought we are too miserable. But,if we look around us,and open our eyes to what miserable life means,we could understand how life is so unfair when we were able to see the less fortunate ones. The deaf and the blind,the disabled,yet,they never complain about life. Life has a purpose for each of us. Not just to live and eat and make our dreams come true. But,we also live for others to live and we dream for others to make dream. We live to understand why some were born with a silver spoon on their mouth, while the others lives with one spoon to fed 5 mouths. We need to understand why majority had to suffer for the benefit of less people. Why there is always bad results after doing good things. Life is one word that defined by people as complicated and full of surprises. For me,life is,...to know my purpose and how to live my life with purpose. Have a good day always dear brother
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• India
20 May 10
Hi Didi, Its so good to hear back from you. Yup, All of us hava a specific purpose in life. We all are the puppets whose strings are attached to the hands of God. God bless you always, Bodhi
• India
21 May 10
Hmmmm..... Freewill yes. But there is this belief that there are different stages and categories of the soul. And we do, act, and think according to it. Now suppose a criminal and a devout are two different persons but it is not necessary that the devout is a "good" person and the loe life is indeed a bad person. That ha been explained as Karma. I believe that everything that happens in this world of ours is controlled by Him. every single and every minutest thing. Even the bad and evil is necessary so that we can identify the good and appreciate it. Well, its too deep and too spiritual. But its always so good to dicuss about these things, Didi. How has been your weekend till now?
• India
21 May 10
My life has been full of struggles and challenges, i have faced them so boldly always, i was always happy even in the worst situations, and now i am fully satisfied with my life.. Thanks for sharing. Welcome always. Cheers. Prof
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• India
21 May 10
Way to Go! Not many are blessed to be so bold to face the challenges that life hurls towards us. Have a great Sunday Ahead!
• China
20 May 10
Hi, friend. I'm not trying to complain about something, but I really think life is unfair to me, especially after I graduated from college. The life before that time had been smooth and happy. Everything seemed to smile at me. But after that, adversities frequently greeted me. Whatever I did, I couldn't get the expected returns. All things around me were against me in one way or another. Sometimes I was even jealous of those who seemed to meet no difficulties at all. But still I could do nothing to change. All I could do was to be determined and persistent, and the good thing was I reaped the benefits at last. I don't know whether all those challenges and hardships were used to test my will as some people said, I do learn a lot from them. Even so, I don't want to experience all those hard times again.
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• India
20 May 10
I assume you are very young. And you have had just stepped into the big bad world out there. Savour the different tastes of life. Aww... its worth living. Thank you so much for sharing your experience. Stay blessed, Bodhi
@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
19 May 10
hi bodhisatya in all life has been pretty good to me but just this last year and a half,its really been bitter for sure. a year and a half ago my son lost his job but we were so sure he would soon get a new one,did not happen, we got behind on the rent, and were evicted. but we thought, stupidly as it turned out, that this internet friend of my sons from the internet really was going to help us. she told my son that her sister knew this apartment complex in Antioch Ca and that she herself would stake us to three months rent there so as to enable my son to get a job after we moved there. well folks,it just did not happen, oh she even signed a paper stating she was our sponsor and she would be responsible for the first three months. so my son took from our little sum of money enough to go to Antioch and put down a deposit on the apartment.,but on my birthday she pulled the rug out from under us. she phoned from England and told the Antioch apt manager to tear up that agreement,.she would not sponsor us. so we were then homeless. so my son worried for me as I was 83 and diabetic with a bad let, got me put here in Gold crest so I would have a place to stay. My social security and ssi checks pay the monthly rent and board.He is in a gov. sponsored apartment with three other men all of whom are really looking for work. He is still out of work so no lately life has been really unfair. but this is our year I think.
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• India
20 May 10
Well Hately, it takes a lot of courage to really pour in your heart's content the way you did! I must would pray for you. Sometimes we are put into tough tests, test of our patience and faith. Do let us all know when your son lands up in a decent job and things are going to be better soon for both of you. Bodhi
@wongchoiyee (7413)
• Malaysia
19 May 10
LIfe is ??? Sad but I live it up everytime it is down. Try to b happy is no #1 now. If you choose to be sad, is a way happy is also a way why not choose happy instead? I am struggling everyday since i have depression.
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• India
20 May 10
Hope you come out of your depression, with a strong will and determination. Wish you all the very best in your efforts.
@Yori88 (1465)
• Philippines
20 May 10
Life for me has been good enough. I have my husband who is very hardworking, loving, caring, understanding and most of all honest. We have our 1 year 7 month old son who is giving us so much joy in everyday life. We may have minor problems but that is part of it. I believe that life is no longer meaningful if you do not have any problems at all. So problems are still good as long as they are bearable and can still be solved. I also agree that sometimes life is unfair. But what makes it fair is how you face life and what are your outlooks in life that will help you make if fairer. I also believe that you must be the first one to help yourself if you have problems before others can help you. And also stop blaming others again and again. Once is enough. You should learn the lesson and tell others. Just learn how to enjoy life and it will pay you back the best things!
• India
20 May 10
I am sure it works out that way as you have said. And I am so glad to know that yuor family gives you so much joy. Have a great day!
@med889 (5941)
19 May 10
I would say life could have done better with me because there are some events which went completely wrong in my life and some which I do regret till today and cannot be undone so for all these life has not been fair.
• India
20 May 10
I am sorry for your grief. I really am. Pray life unturns itself into something that would give you true happiness in the near future. Stay blessed always, Bodhi
• United States
20 May 10
Has it been tough?..YES..Has it been real?..YES..Would I swap it in on another?..Not EVER..Liz and I came to Atlanta 11/27 as a management team. She was the manager, which worked well as I'm a better support person than leader. We had known each other for some 6 months before, had spent time (not intimately) together so when we came to Atlanta we we were the only friends we had and she pushed for us to rent a house together rather than apartments seperately. By some miracle, we are still together. It'll be 23 years come 11/27 this year. We've lost everything twice (take note! I said twice)..Both due to the after effects of a really bad breakdown I had in 4/95..Those were the really bad times because I spent too much time being totally useless until I finally poked my head out of myself, fought off and learned how to breathe thru the panic attacks, started doing neighborhood jobs and started rebuilding my self respect and personal integrity..And tho they weren't easy they were the best because we're still together either because of or despite those times..So, I'd have to say that tho it always hasn't done me really easy, life has done me exceptionally well when it when it included me in Liz's life...Enjoy!
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• India
21 May 10
Yours is a truly inspirational story. Although you have described it very briefly. And, yes if there is someone who stands by you during your hardships as well as during those times when you are basking in the glory of success, Life is worth living. Its a god gift and only those who are extremely fortunate find someone like that. Yours is Liz. Thank you so much for sharing, Cheers!
@monkeylong (3139)
• Guangzhou, China
20 May 10
As far as I am concerned, I think life is just for me that I can just enjoy my life myself. For me, now I can just play as I want. I can surf the Internet as I will. I think a lot of things are just under control of myself. With so good condition that I can just enjoy my life so much.If I want more, I think my life will not so enjoyable for me.
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• India
20 May 10
Its really so good to know that you enjoy your life to the utmost.
@djemme (77)
• United States
19 May 10
Life is fluid, ever changing. I've had some good spells, some great spells and some difficult spells. Right now, I'm going through a period that is more difficult than I could have ever imagined. Someday I hope this phase will be behind me and things will once again be looking a little brighter. As long as the Lord gives me another day, I get up, put a smaile on my face and do the very best I can.
• India
20 May 10
I would have loved to see you in person. A strong individual like you can become a source of inspiration for somebody like me. Thanks, Bodhi
• India
20 May 10
I would have loved to see you in person. A strong individual like you can become a source of inspiration for somebody like me. Thanks, Bodhi