Life Is Not Fair

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The saying that “life’s not fair” has been used both as a phrase to explain how someone has been treated, and as a wise word to a person thinking that everything in life is going to go their way. There are many ways of thinking about the topic of fairness but when determining what is considered to be fair and what is not, the belief that working for what you earn is the most ethical way of thinking and deciding why that is arises a controversial topic. See, individuals thinks that the way they wish to be treated is being fair, wanting to be pampered and babied along not making the journey even ever so slightly hard. This thought is most definitely in opposition of our current society and its competitive job market. Life is a competition …show more content…
Meaning, that if you try at something you definitely have a chance of fulfilling your dream as opposed to not doing anything in which case you have no shot what so ever. Stated in final sentence of Life’s Not Fair Deal With it! there is a sentence that reads “Your Grandparents had a different word for burger flipping – they called it opportunity.” There is a deeper meaning behind what this sentence says that can be applied to the message being portrayed in this article about opportunity. In today’s job market burger flipping is seen as a somewhat unwanted job and that’s what makes the case that much stronger. When burger flipping is being compared to opportunity most would question the sanity of the author but he is getting the reader the message very clearly that even when at a job like burger flipping there was still a sense of hope and pride in that they could earn an income or that they held a job at all. Point being, that even burger flipping is not beneath your dignity and that there are opportunities everywhere, you just need to find and harness them …show more content…
when the author stated “I have long believed that while we have no control over the beginning of our life, the overwhelming majority of us have the ability to influence the outcomes we attain.” Particularly in the last half of that sentence when it talks about controlling the outcomes we attain is the gist of the point that has been trying to get across to the reader. It doesn’t how your parents raised you, how they were exemplifying positive behavior or how much money they made with you under their protection, you can always do better for yourself by having the drive to attain you goal. In contrast with the previous thoughts, some might also say that one’s upbringing might have everlasting affects on an individual in whom they might never recover from both physically and emotionally. This claim is true but as the past shows there are many misfits and troublemakers that end up becoming very successful because they had the drive to do it. It is hard for one to believe that if someone truly has the will to do something with their lives that they will not achieve their

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