People say all of the time "good things happen to good people and bad things happen to bad people." Sometimes I can't pull myself to believe that statement. For the majority of my life I can say I have done good. There have been minor slip ups, but overall I consider myself a "good" person. Jealously and envy are flaws one should not carry, but I can honestly say I am guilty of possessing both feelings.
A well plotted movie has a protagonist and an antagonist, right? The good person gets mistreated by the bad person and the bad person gets over on the good person for awhile, but in the end the good person comes out victorious through a fight. Why doesn't this storyline apply in real life? Unfortunately life comes with a twist. The good people sacrifice their lives for the bad people to come out victorious without a fight. Sound somewhat correct?
There will be a constant fight in your life. Whether that fight be with spectators, family problems, health issues, financial instability and/or identity crisis - life will always present you with an opponent to fight. There is ALWAYS a point in your life when you have an epiphany. Some might have multiple, but there is at least one to occur in your life. I had mine this week. I have come to a realization there are no limited good things and projected bad things to happen to someone in their life. Each person will have their own problems that will occur in their life. There WILL be good AND bad events in your life. The real test of faith and character is whether will you fight to minimize the bad or give in to the bad and allow for the bad to get over and prevail?
Life is a constant fight. Every day you need to train yourself for your next opponent. Looking at other situations and being jealous and/or envious is NOT cute and will get you nowhere. At times I am still guilty of showing poor feelings, but I am maturing. Day by day I am learning how to fight my opponents. Most importantly after each fight, I learn to forgive. Forgiveness is the ultimate weapon against the antagonist.
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