| Ernest Hemingway once said: "The world breaks | | | | chances were good that one day it would be your turn |
| everyone. and afterward,many are strong in the | | | | to get exactly what you wanted. We would often |
| broken places." | | | | recite the battle cry of large families and pre-schools |
| When we are going through adversity, it is not always | | | | around the world; "You get what you get, and you |
| possible to believe that everyone suffers loss and | | | | don't throw a fit." |
| heartache. It feels and acts very personal when bad | | | | Luck or Life |
| luck and rotten life experiences happen to good | | | | Life is filled with luck and also filled with change and |
| people. | | | | chance. As Ernest Hemingway said earlier, we all get |
| Our first response is " Why Me? " We may question | | | | broken in some way and it is the broken places that |
| whether we did something to deserve this punishment | | | | make us strong. |
| or trouble. We may feel resentment for others who | | | | Bad Luck is described as unforeseen occurrence, |
| are not suffering and question why trouble did not | | | | happenstance and yet good luck is described as |
| choose them. We may even add up all the bad, selfish | | | | prosperity, wealth, windfall, success, advantage, profit |
| and dishonest things a certain friend or acquaintance | | | | and triumph, happiness and blessings. It is often from |
| has done and yet still has good health and a big bank | | | | the luck that the opportunities for growth and |
| account. | | | | development come to us. When we take the chance |
| It's Not Fair | | | | to growth through loss, grief and adversity, we will |
| Life isn't fair. As a mother of six children I tried to hard | | | | become stronger and more resilient. I know this is true, |
| at Christmas time to make the gifts come out even | | | | because I have experienced in my own life and the |
| for everyone. No matter how many times I counted | | | | lives of countless friends and family. |
| and then made lists and then recounted, on Christmas | | | | Questions To Think About |
| morning during the bedlam of presents, paper and toys, | | | | |
| I would realize it hadn't been fair. Someone had gotten | | | | 1. Do you consider yourself lucky or unlucky? Why? |
| a watch worth twenty dollars and someone had | | | | 2. Have you ever said "That's not fair." Why? |
| gotten a bracelet worth three dollars. Some one had | | | | 3. What do you think about when bad things happen to |
| gotten the exact doll she wanted and someone else | | | | you? |
| got the one that was in style last year. | | | | 4. Can you look back in your life and recognize how a |
| We finally decided to recognize and joke that no | | | | certain situation helped you to grow personally and |
| matter what we did, it was never going to come out | | | | spiritually? |
| even. But the joy was that you knew that the | | | | |