One of the first things we learn in life is that life isn't fair. Rather sad, really, and very disillusioning for many (though it will only be the first of many illusions to go). Some people, for instance, are able to grow up with a life that has every semblance of being perfect, while others are dragged through living hell. (Sure it builds character, but I believe most would prefer to avoid this character-building experience.) What decides what sort of life a person will live? (As in, from birth.) Fate? Possibly. Whatever extraordinary forces that governs this is clearly a force that no human can hope to control.
So. Life isn't fair. Some end up with a live that others envy and others live a life that others may only see in their nightmares (or horror movies/documentaries on the discovery channel, I suppose). Clearly one kind of life will involve more problems than the other, just as it's obvious that one person will deserve more sympathy than the other.
Then you look at the scene from another angle: The person who grows up with multiple problems has a character that runs well-deep (yes, the character building, unfortunately, is true) and as a result is more better at dealing with problems. Better in the sense that they are better adapted to meet the problems, more used to it. It would take quite a lot of wind to stir up their depth, if we're to extend the water analogy. Contrarily, one who has had a perfect life may be analogous to a shallow dish of water (no disrespect on the individual, it's just how each develope under their given circumstances). Every ripple that crosses the surface will seem like mountain-sized waves that stirs the depth quite thoroughly....
Don't laugh at other people's "petty" problems, to the individual, it may seem the whole world. Don't laugh at them without thinking that you worries and fears may seem no more than a trivial matter to someone else out there.
It's a big, big world. Lots of people. Lots of lifes. No control of lives, either.
Tends to be a bit chaotic at times, no?
Try to sort it out, I think I got a bit confused half-way through.
1 comment:
weird, i came to the exact same conclusion sometime this year o.O Essentially everyone has the same "level" of problems even if it seems like a lost earring and no food for a week just should not be compared. what matters is how the problem affects the person, and if the effect is equally devastating, then the problem is essentially the same.
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