Is life fair or unfair?
In this video, we’ll talk about the 5 reasons why life IS fair.
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Now, most people will say that life is unfair, and honestly, I used to think that too.
Unless you’re winning, most of life will seem extraordinarily unfair to you.
But the problem isn’t that life is unfair.
It is our perception of what fairness should be.
What do I mean by that?
Let’s start with reason number 1.
Number one
Life has Rules
There are certain rules or criteria outlined in life
that if you fulfill, you might just get what you want.
If you’re smart and have outstanding ideas, but you don’t perform the action,
someone else will.
If you have the skills, but don’t take your time to come up with amazing ideas,
you might just be doing a day-to-day job.
They say that
Write a journal for yourself, and no one knows you.
Vlog your daily life, you might just become famous.
If you rescue someone from drowning, you’re a hero for a week.
But if you find the cure for cancer, you’re a timeless (part) of history.
If you can tick off all the “success” criteria in life one by one,
you just might be successful.
While this one might sound a little harsh, it is the truth.
When an opportunity presents itself, you need to have certain criteria fulfilled so you
can be ready to grab it.
And you can call that a fair game.
Number two
Principles and values don’t discriminate
If you want to win people’s hearts,
you can’t force them.
Whether you’re the President of the United States or a day-to-day worker.
From love to kindness to compassion, we get people’s heart by doing the right thing.
There are no shortcuts, no cheat codes.
Actions speak louder than words.
Things like the seven virtues: chastity, temperance, charity, diligence, patience, kindness, and
humility, are honorable and will cause people to respect you.
When you do hurtful things, you will expect negative reactions towards you.
It doesn’t matter who you are,
because principles and values don’t discriminate.
Number three
Life is a competition, but you are unique
This sounds a bit confusing; I know.
But hear me out.
Call it a race.
Call it a marathon.
Whatever it is, in life we want to get somewhere.
We want to be someone.
We want to achieve something in our life.
But often we say “I want to be rich like him.”
Or “I want to be beautiful like her.”
This is one of the major reasons we think life is unfair.
We often forget that our biggest strength is being our unique person.
We can do things only we can do.
Be the person only we can be.
When we set an impossible standard (like being someone else) and cannot achieve it, we blame
it on life.
But sometimes, little did we know,
perhaps we’re not meant to be the way we imagined it
Perhaps we have something to offer that no one else can.
You have your purpose in life,
and other people have their purpose in their lives.
Remember, we need to change ourselves from within before we can change the world.
Number four
We all die
There’s nothing fairer than to see the outcome.
Even if we have nice cars, amazing mansions, lots of money, or no money and no mansions
we all die.
We cannot take any of our material possessions with us.
It’s what we do during our lifetime that matters.
Who you have helped
What you have done to contribute to society
What we have done to change the world for the better.
What great impact you’ll be remembered by.
In the end, we all get the fairness of death, and such is life.
Number five
Life is Fair because…
This one I intentionally left out the name because I need to tell the story first.
And this story, like I said in the beginning, for me, is personal.
And perhaps it may be relatable for some of you.
OK, so here's the story
When I was studying my undergrad, I had a tough time at school.
At the start, I was struggling with my grades and I couldn’t get into a field I was pursuing.
I was also an international student.
Meaning a lot of money goes into the tuition
So, that means if I were to fail any subject or a semester,
that would mean money down the drain.
It was frustrating, and it upset me.
I told my roommate at the time that life feels so unfair.
I said I wish I was smarter, or I wish I came from a rich family.
My roommate turned to me angrily and said the words I would never forget.
He looked at me and said,
Shut up
“Life IS fair, do you know why?”.
I shook my head as I looked at him.
He looked me in the eyes and said,
“Life is fair because it is unfair to everyone.”
I became speechless.
I was so centered on myself that I couldn’t see everyone also thinks life is unfair.
It IS unfair to everyone, and because of that, life IS fair.
I later realized that my friend was going through a hard time too.
Just earlier that semester, he had lost one of his parents to cancer.
I couldn’t imagine just how devastated he must have been.
I didn’t know and never thought about how much he was going through.
From that day, I realize we are all going through something.
And that is why we need empathy and compassion more than ever.
We shouldn't so focus on our lives and how unfair it is to US
Because while this life seems unfair, we have wonderful things and wonderful people, too.
We are all in this together to fight the unfairness and problems of this world.
And to me,
I guess that seems fair…
What do you guys think?
Do you think life is unfair or is it fair?
And why?
Let me know in the comment section down below.
I’ll see you all next week Sunday (Wednesday for EI180S)
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