It’s okay to have bad things happen in life.
To have hard lessons learned.
To be steam-rolled a few times, even dozens of times.
We often under-estimate how these are just consequences of our own actions.
Very little is bad luck or chance.
I’ve been hurt a lot in my life, and when I’m completely honest it’s because I earned that hurt. It’s because of decisions I made to be involved with specific people, to be in specific situations and locations. I always had a choice even though I didn’t realize it.
And being even more honest, I needed all of those hard-won hurtful lessons.
If I’d had an easier life I’d be a really awful human being.
The person I am today makes me happy to know. The person I used to be wouldn’t have earned 5 seconds of my time now.
The bad in our life is only bad if you waste the lesson it contains.
It only hurt because of your expectations of the situation, life is full of losses. With no expectations there won’t be loss. Lots of lessons to be learned.
Expectations are certainly the recipe for disappointment. ❤️