Life is not fair

Some people throw a lot of food away.  Some people die of starvation.

Some people make a lot of money at work.  Some people have no job.

Some people drive brand new cards.  Some people get around in a wheel chair.

Some people live near 5 churches.  Some people get killed for going to church.

Life?  Choices?  Destiny?  How is any of this fair?  It isn’t.  A rule that I believe we need to be instilling in our youth is that life isn’t fair.  You may say, Royal you are wrong, it isn’t about life being fair it is about opportunities and choices and… the list can go on and on.  I believe that recognizing that life isn’t fair is in fact a reality check.  IT IS REALITY THAT LIFE IS NOT FAIR, LOOK AROUND PEOPLE!

The good ones don’t always win.  The cops don’t always get the bad guys.  Some people will be taller and some fatter.  Some will grow up faster than others.  Some will eat a pie, a gallon of ice cream and 4 cheeseburgers and not gain a pound while someone else can eat a salad that adds 10 pounds on the scale.  (ok, I made that one up.  Insert laugh.)

As kids how many times have you heard “that’s not fair!” and when parents start hearing that they realize and remember they themselves spoke those words so many years ago too.  Again, reality check.

Sometimes you are just unable to control or predict the unfairness in the world, in your community, your family or in your life.  So what do you do?  Give up?  Tell people to piss off?  Make a U turn?  No!  You realize what you can do: control how you engage what is fair or unfair.  How you take it on.

I could take a run at saying t hat complaints about being unfair have nothing to do with justice or equality but they are reactions to realizing that you,  yourself, have to be accountable for your life, actions, choices, YOU!

The point I would like to make is simply this.  Because you did or didn’t get what you wanted doesn’t make “it” fair or not.  Disappointment AND happiness are both symptoms of life.  You are the author of your own life and your life story, your life will be what you make of it fair or not fair or unfair.

We can be the change we seek in this world, and in ourselves.  One day.  One journey.  One person.  One choice at a time.

Royal D. Bush serves as a Multifaith Chaplain with Inclusive Life.  He studied at Andersonville Theological Seminary, and with the International Institute of Faith Based Counseling.  He holds a Bachelor Degree in business administration. Chaplain Royal shares two important messages: You are beautiful, you are loved and you are worthy, just the way you are.  And: Now is time in this world that every human being is called to life up the weak, offer a hand UP to the impoverished, cherish our elders and stand up for the oppressed.

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