I was thinking about life, karma, fairness and hard times.
It’s been an ongoing thought to ponder for me over the past few years – as times
haven’t been perfect, but hey – they never are. I always to try to think about my
blessings and what is going well. Even though outward appearances can appear
otherwise, everyone has problems and struggles – they might be different in
gravity, but they are there. I recently saw Cinderella and it tied into my thoughts
as of late.
One of the biggest things we HOPE in life is that if you do
good, you’ll have good things happen to you and if you do bad, then there will
be consequences. Life has taught me that this is true, but that sometimes it’s
blurred as to what good and bad outcomes look like for each person. It might
seem like they do horrible things and get good outcomes, but that might not be
the case – and it might be. One of the things that I have come to find is that
sometimes you do great things and you still have bad things happen. It could be
bad from relationships, family, financial, work, etc. standpoints, but nothing
is ever perfect. The bad tends to come in waves towards me. When things go south,
it tends to be multiple things that go badly – I have to pay some insane amount
of money for some mistake I could have avoided or I have to be the glue for my family
or I lose a source of income. (Yes this has all happened in 2 months to me). I
keep trying to do good, help others and be kind, but it gets tough. How can you
keep persevering and helping others when you need help yourself?
After seeing Cinderella, I loved one of the many messages
that it had (this was probably the most
overt message of the bunch). Things go
bad for no reason. Sometimes you really don’t have control in it. People can be
mean and cruel and it just quite frankly, sucks. Cynical outlook, huh?! Not
really, it’s just the truth. HOWEVER you DO have a tiny bit of control. You
have control over yourself and not losing yourself based on bad situations. You
can CHOOSE to be kind. You can CHOOSE to forgive. It isn’t easy, and takes an
HUGE amount inner strength (which I think Cinderella possesses ). Being able to
choose to react to situations in this way takes a ton of courage. You can have
the courage to choose to not let a situation define you. You can definitely
learn from the bad times, but don’t let it impact your overall persona. Have
the courage TO be kind, no matter the situation.
