Life Isn't Fair

Remember when you were younger and something would happen and you'd be like "its not fair!" And some smart ass would remind you that "life isn't fair."

I think on some minute level we all agreed that that was true then. But as you grow older this fact seems to reiterate and prove itself. Most of us can deal with life being unfair to us. We're OK with it because it's us, we can take any amount of crap the world throws at us. We might moan and groan while it's happening but deep down we know we wouldn't have it any other way. Because ultimately if it isn't happening to you, chances are it is happening to someone else. And it is more likely than you realise for 'someone else' to be someone you know.

Nothing is more painful to watch than when life is being unfair to someone you know. It doesnt really matter most of the time how well you know the person and sometimes you even wish you could take their place.

I found out today that a woman I met less than a year ago has, in that time, lost her husband and an unborn child she was carrying. She lost her husband first and although they already had a little girl, the new baby was supposed to be a happy reminder; her little dollop of joy in her current tragedy. But it was not to be.

I was so upset to hear it. She is such a lovely person and although I wasn't fortunate enough to meet her husband, no one ever had a bad word to say about him. And what did the kids ever do to deserve this? But I guess life just isn't fair.