what do you think? is life fair?

Question

do you believe that life is fair? what do you really think? do you think that we can truthfully blame our troubles on life? or do you think that it is our fault if anything goes wrong in our lives?

Answer 1

I believe we are in control of our lives. We can work hard and get the things we want or we can give up. It's easy to give up because it's hard or people knock you down,but if you want a good life you have to work for it and make it the best for you and not anyone else. I think things happen that isn't our fault but how we handle it makes all the differences in the world.

Answer 2

I believe that life is fair according to God's rules, but not according to ours. Personally, I don't believe that life is all that fair, at least in the short term. Over time, though, justice happens to people and to situations. I think that we need to take as much responsibility as possible for the way our lives have gone. Some things, like getting mugged, are not a person's fault (unless he somehow offended the person who mugged him). On the other hand, it's amazing how many things a person can actually take responsibility for. For instance, some guy in a van drove up next to me on the freeway, and, for no apparent reason, he started blaring his horn at me and staring at me. I used to think that this incident occurred because people just don't like me. I'm now realizing that people usually don't do that to other people out of the blue without being provoked. I might have cut him off on the freeway by accident.
It's a healthy thing to try to take responsibility for as many things as you can, instead of having a victim mentality.

Answer 3

Life is what we make it...sometimes it does seem unfair that life is so difficult at times...we do need to accept that a lot of our life's problems or situations are caused by others, not just ourselves...we may not like the things that are happening in the world or our own lives...and I do believe a lot of the problems are cause by mankind in general...The simple truth is some people will be happy in this life, and some people will not be happy until others are not happy....and cause others to be miserable...but we all have choices in life...and we can either choose to let life's situations keep us in a good place in our lives or in a miserable place...emotionally...there are always going to be things that upset us and p!ss us off...but we are the only ones that can choose how we react to the situations in our lives...Good and/or Bad...As it says above on my avatar, "Mama said, there'd be days like this" :)

Answer 4

This is one of those questions attributing a quality to life that simply doesn't exist in the way you might want it to. Life is perfectly fair if you are talking about the rules of chemistry, physics, and biology. Life doesn't break those rules. Life is nature, and nature doesn't discriminate one way or the other. Bad things can happen to anyone at any time regardless of what you plan.

Answer 5

Experience has taught me that life is inherently unfair. But it has also taught me that there are many bad things in life we can't blame on anything or anyone. Also, we should go on with our lives as best we can in spite of the fact that life is unfair. It profits no one, least of all yourself, to just sit around crying and whining about how unfair everything is.
So, go forth and live the best life of which you are capable, keeping in mind that the only sin is to hurt someone else intentionally and unnecessarily.

Answer 6

No life aint fair, but why blame? We each get the chance to try new things and meet new (sometimes "nude") people (if we're trying new things). We all have the chance to wake up and discover what we really love to do or who to really love.
Something's always "Wrong", but that's no excuse to sit there and take it. If a mountain is in your way, climb it.

Answer 7

Life isn't fair because we make it unfair. We often blame our troubles on others, when we have control over our destiny. I believe that we need to take control and work to improve our society, government, schools, and our lives.

Answer 8

Life is NOT fair -- and if things go wrong in our lives -- it is NOT ALWAYS the fault of the individual -- it can be caused by outside parties who inflict harm on another.

Answer 9

Very few things are simple ... or, simply "this" or "that".

It's a mixed bag. Is that fair? I dunno'. You've got to look at individual issues separately ... but in context and relationship w/ other issues.

Fact is, some things are unequal, but they can become more unequal (unfair) as much by our own actions (failures) as by the actions (failures/successes) of others.

So. Yep. Life IS unfair, if unequal means unfair.

But, even recognizing this, you only have yourself to blame if you fail to make the best of whatever you DO have.

Answer 10

life shouldn't be defined as fair or unfair. life is a learning experience. one can go through a painful and emotionally draining experience and initially want to give up on life and what good it has to offer. that's only natural because when one experiences negativity, it's assumed there is only more negativity to come. it is up to the individual to make their experience have meaning. turn the good into a positive outcome. when my mother died, i thought that life was very unfair. why did that happened to me? she missed my graduation, my wedding, and the birth of my son. i was bitter for a long time. it was when my son was born, i learned that life is on going and rapidly moving. it's up to us to keep up. life goes on whether you're willing to keep up to speed or not! i had to get my self together for my son. he's the example of the good blooming for the bad. he's my mother's grandson. although she never lived to see him, he's the extention of her legacy and i intend to not be bitter but be grateful for life and for my experiences. it's from my negative experiences that my greatest lessons have been learned.