A written random thought.

Life is not fair!

We've all heard it said or said it ourselves. 

Life is not fair because…..

You didn't get the job you interviewed for and your credentials were impeccable.

You had a flat tire on your way to meet with friends.

You lose a leg to a disease that you never thought could happen to you.

Your boy-friend and you had a fight breaking up the relationship.

You bought a new outfit and the first time wearing it you notice a seam is ripped.

You make plans for the perfect vacation and the weather is rotten.

You’re right!  Life is not fair, but neither is death.

We all expect to grow old, die in our 80’s, 90’s or if we have the right genes and are lucky maybe even 100.   But we never think that death isn't fair instead we blame life.

Let me tell you something, death is not fair either.

Someone riding a trolley, possibly on their way to work dies because some jackass blows it up killing everyone on board.

A baby so desperately wanted after trying for years dies at birth.

A 46 year old man dies from undetected diabetes.

A teenage girl dies after complications from a routine surgery.

A mother dies from undetected ovarian cancer leaving behind 3 young boys, ages 2, 6 and 8.

The man you had planned your whole future with dies in your arms and there is nothing anyone can do to save him.

Yes, life and death are not fair.  There is no promise that your life will turn out the way you drew it in your head. There is no promise that you will live to be 80, 90 or 100.  We can not dwell on life and death.  It is all part of the cycle of being human.  What we can do is make the most of what we have and know that life is too short no matter how long you live.

Life is to be celebrated.  Everyday that you wake up you are living!  Each day is a new beginning, a clean slate, a moment in time to be lived. Take every morsel, every minute  and relish it. Death will come for all of us. There is no escape.  It’s only a matter of time.  As my mother told me many times “From the moment you’re born, you start dying, so live life!”  She was a very wise woman.

I wasn't sure what I was going to write.  I had the thought today “Life isn't fair” and with that thought came another, “Death isn't fair either”  I can say with a smile on my face that you now have my thought of the day. 

Tomorrow.  A new day.  Soon a new year.  What will 2014 bring?  I can guarantee it will bring life and death.  But don't dwell on life and death instead relish the waking moments. With the new year coming I made a New Year resolution.   ”Each day I will strive to be a blessing in someone’s life.” 

What is your New Year’s resolution?