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Life Is Unfair, 4 Things You Can Do To Deal With It
#1. Accepting it
If you have read The Great Gatsby written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, you might be familiar with these sentences written in the first paragraph of it:
In my younger and vulnerable years, my father gave some advice that I’ve been turning over in my mind ever since. “Whenever you feel like criticizing any one,” He told me, “Just remember that all the people in this world haven’t had the advantages that you’ve had”
I was inspired by these sentences from the novel to speak about how unfair life is. Some people were just born riches and full of advantages, while some people were born in a family that is struggling for food; It’s easier to get a job in a good country rather than finding jobs in third-world countries. Even during my college years, most of my friends were using their shiny cars, which made them easier for them to get to the class, while I had to rely on public transportations.
Even now, my fellow writer friends who happen to live abroad said it’s easier for them to grow over there, while I’m stuck inside an environment that doesn’t even consider writing as a career. Life is unfair, it always goes that way, there are no other ways rather than just to deal with it. Because you don’t want to be standing still in your late 40s and still dwelling about…
