Sunday, August 23, 2009
Life's not fair
The other day I was catching up with my friend Matt over drinks. He was telling the stories of all that had happened in his life over the past few weeks. See, his 5-year-old BMW had been stolen and he got pulled over and ticketed for talking on his cell phone while driving (allegedly). These are two dramatic events, yes. But let's put them in context. His car was stolen from the custocy of the dealership where it was getting serviced. They sold him a new car at cost, which his insurance picked up most of the tab -- a really sweet deal! And he was ticketed for a minor offense, of which he did not commit and will successfully fight.
But as I was listening to his tails of woe, Matt was saying how he had had enough and just lost it one afternoon and began crying over the phone to our friend about all his bad miss-fortunes. Hs was asking, "why is life so un-fair?"
It was at that moment in the story that I wanted to reach across the couch and slap him upside the head.
Let's be real: his well-insured BMW got stolen from the dealership's lot and he got a $25 traffic ticket that can easily be fought. And he's sitting there saying hat his big "a-ha" moment whas when he realized that, "life is not fair?"
Fag, please. I've got this competition won. Try having the person you love separate from you just after you've learned that your HIV+, during a time in your life where you don't know what is going to happen next with your career or your housing. Then fast-forward a few years when you've over-extended your good credit score and haven't gotten a decent raise in a number of years because you don't know what it is exactly that that you do in life. Your career isn't any where near where you expect it to be (based on the successes of your friends around you, whom you use as barometers). And, besides being completely broke, your alone and sad in the world each night. I mean, really..... When Matt said it was then he realized that, "life isn't fair," I almost lost it. It was all I could do to not tear him a new one. HIS life has been pretty damn plucky, comparatively.
However, in his narrow-minded view, the boy is right. Life is NOT fair. It has always been my belief that life gives you the challenges you need to grow & evolve in order to move onto the next stage. It is those whom succeed in overcoming the obstacles placed before them and learn the lessons required of them who advance forward to face the next challenge in life (think Nintendo's Mario Brothers).
Apparently the challenges in life to advance are greater than Matt's. Does that mean he is luckier than me? No. I think it means that my soul is more evolved (and by "evolved" I mean older) than his and requires more difficult challenges in order to grow. And if I'm wrong.... then life is REALLY not fair.
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