Life isn’t fair. I don’t understand why people don’t understand this. When people are children, they, for some reason, develop an idea in their heads that they have a right to fairness. But why do people think it true? One of the first lessons I will teach my children is that life is not fair at all! That way, when they become older and life treats them unfairly, they will have already understood the lesson, and it will have no adverse effect on their happiness!
If I have two children, I will give one child one cookie, and the other child two cookies. The first child will probably not be happy, and this will be a great lesson to teach them about how life just isn't fair.
When both children are in their rooms, I will go to the child who had one cookie, and place two more into his hands, whispering "Life isn't fair" as I leave the room.
While everyone is complaining about how life sucks, my children will have learned this lesson long ago, and may reminisce about their grand old dad teaching them their life lessons to them, while others may never learn them at all. They will learn that it is just the way life is, that's all.
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Another lesson is to think about the future.
If something happens, ask yourself, will this affect me in 5 years?
If not, then why be affected in the present?
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I'm probably going to be a horrible dad and ruin their childhood...Oh well ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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