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Ernest Hemingway once said: "The world breaks everyone. and afterward,most are strong within the broken places."
If we are dealing with adversity, it is not always possible to think that everybody suffers loss and heartache. It feels and acts very personal when bad luck and rotten life experiences happen to good people.
Our first fact is " Why Me? " We might wonder if we did something to deserve this punishment or trouble. We might feel resentment for others who're not suffering and question why trouble did not choose them. We may even accumulate all of the bad, selfish and dishonest things a certain friend or acquaintance has been doing but still has good health along with a big banking account.
It's Not Fair
Life isn't fair. As a mother of six children I attempted to hard at Christmas time to make the gifts emerge even for everyone. Regardless of how many times I counted after which made lists and then recounted, on Christmas morning throughout the bedlam of presents, paper and toys, I'd understand it hadn't been fair. Someone had gotten a watch worth twenty dollars and someone had gotten a bracelet worth three dollars. Someone had gotten the exact doll she wanted and another person got the one that was in style last year.
We finally decided to recognize and joke it does not matter what we did, it was never going to come out even. However the joy was that you simply knew that the chances were good that one day it might be your turn to get exactly what you desired. We would often recite the battle cry of large families and pre-schools all over the world; "You get what you'll get, and also you don't throw a fit."
Luck or Life
Every day life is full of luck as well as full of change and chance. As Ernest Hemingway said earlier, we all get broken in some manner which is the broken places that make us strong.
Misfortune is referred to as unforeseen occurrence, happenstance but good luck is referred to as prosperity, wealth, windfall, success, advantage, profit and triumph, happiness and blessings. It is often from the luck that the opportunities for development and growth come to us. When we go ahead and take chance to growth through loss, grief and adversity, we will become stronger and much more resilient. I understand this is correct, because I've experienced in my own life and also the lives of countless family and friends.
Questions To Consider
Do you decide yourself lucky or unlucky? Why?
Have you ever said "That's not fair." Why?
What do you think about when bad unexpected things happen for you?
Can you look back in your life and recognize the way a certain situation helped you to grow personally and spiritually?
