I mentioned before that I have issues with the idea we should accept that life isn't fair and I think this is related to my issue with Number 21: Imagine yourself at your Own Funeral.
I really hope there isn't one to be honest, though I am sure there will be someone who finds it necessary.
I like what C.S. Lewis said, "You don't have a soul. You are a Soul. You have a body."
I rarely go to a funeral for that very reason. I have never considered the body the person. The person (soul) lives on.
All of that said, this week I had a scare. I was sitting at my desk when I got the worse chest pain ever. It turned out to be anxiety, just as I had thought but was very upsetting.
At these times you do begin to consider what others may think or say after you are no longer physically present with them.
So how does this relate to the idea that Life isn't fair? Well, I suppose it is the fact that life isn't fair that led to my episode and consequently considering how I will leave my mark on the world. However, I am more convinced by this episode that we need not accept the idea that Life can't be fair. It isn't fair because people make bad decisions and while sometimes those are our own decisions, a large number of them are decisions by other people that make life not fair.
I believe we should work to make it fair. We should take a stand and say I will not let you treat me this way just because you can get away with it. I will do everything I can to make sure you do not treat anyone this way again.
Life may not BE fair, but that doesn't mean we shouldn't try to MAKE it fair!
Maybe they'll say at my funeral, he believed life could be fair...
I really hope there isn't one to be honest, though I am sure there will be someone who finds it necessary.
I like what C.S. Lewis said, "You don't have a soul. You are a Soul. You have a body."
I rarely go to a funeral for that very reason. I have never considered the body the person. The person (soul) lives on.
All of that said, this week I had a scare. I was sitting at my desk when I got the worse chest pain ever. It turned out to be anxiety, just as I had thought but was very upsetting.
At these times you do begin to consider what others may think or say after you are no longer physically present with them.
So how does this relate to the idea that Life isn't fair? Well, I suppose it is the fact that life isn't fair that led to my episode and consequently considering how I will leave my mark on the world. However, I am more convinced by this episode that we need not accept the idea that Life can't be fair. It isn't fair because people make bad decisions and while sometimes those are our own decisions, a large number of them are decisions by other people that make life not fair.
I believe we should work to make it fair. We should take a stand and say I will not let you treat me this way just because you can get away with it. I will do everything I can to make sure you do not treat anyone this way again.
Life may not BE fair, but that doesn't mean we shouldn't try to MAKE it fair!
Maybe they'll say at my funeral, he believed life could be fair...
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