Unfair life

Everyone here knows that life is unpredictable and is full of uncertainties. But sometimes things happen to you which are really unfair and absolutely break your heart. My question is why do you think life is so unfair sometimes?

Originally posted by: Heart

Everyone here knows that life is unpredictable and is full of uncertainties. But sometimes things happen to you which are really unfair and absolutely break your heart. My question is why do you think life is so unfair sometimes? Its true that some ppls life is like a Ferrari.. they don't have a Ferrari ...

Do you believe in the quote "everything happens in a reason" ? Do you think every disappointment has something positive behind it?

Make fair use of this unfair life. That's all that matters in the end.

I don't think life is unfair. More of a roller coaster with ups and downs.

Life is unfair alright, but there are times when we really need to give ourselves some perspective.

Like for example, my workplace is totally dysfunctional and stresses me out. But then I know that I'm getting experience that I need and I will be in a position where I can move on to better. Fully well knowing that every job will have its ups and downs no matter where I end up. But I still need to think about other aspects of my life, personal and creative, and make sure my job doesn't dominate my emotions.

I don't think everything happens for a reason and all that. I think a lot of suffering in this world is totally unjustified, and is a direct result of exploitative structures of oppression that exist because they serve some powerful people at the expense of others, the 99% as it were. But then the flip side to that is that people also actively resist forms of oppression and find ways to live with moments of beauty and hapiness. My ideology/worldview helps me put things in perspective that way.

On individual level life is indeed unfair. On one hand we have people living till 100 (which is a great thing) but then we see children dying. Some get cancers/disease others dont. A black person sees white/fair being sign of beauty and black as sign of darkness i.e. kaali aandhi, kaale badal, kaal jadoo etc. So yes it is unfair to many in that sense.

I happen to think that everything happens, fair, unfair, challenging, just a hurdle, just a matter of time, etc...all depends on the way a person looks at it.

Broadening ones perspective or horizon is one way we can get over the 'life is so unfair for us' complex. I whine and crib about unavoidable circumstances and bad luck that surrounds me, but watching people die out of hunger and famine in Africa or some natural disaster somewhere makes me appreciate what I have and want to preserve it. That is how we can know how much better we are than the underprivileged and many others.

But I do agree that many get easy passes in life, while others have to struggle a lot. One reason why I believe, or rather want to believe, in an afterlife...

No, I don't think things happen for a reason. Luck is something that encompasses factors outside one's control, but that doesn't mean there is someone controlling it. People, or rather our brain, has a tendency to find out patterns from random chaos which might not necessarily be there.