Nice things

If we give something nice to one person do we have to give something nice to all people?  If people complain they didn’t get one, people might stop giving all together.  If we help some then they will help others.  That’s the idea, but trickle down seems pretty broken.  Helping people seems to bring persecution.  They see that guy giving to the community they might expect us all to.

The one of a kind. I would rather someone else have a beautiful flower than to split it in two.

God should be the answer to all this.  A great loving divine creator taking into account everything and everyone and still looking out for our best interests.  It feels like God leaves prayers unanswered though and the unknown seems like it can be used to string people along.

I still think I would prefer to give than not give.  A chance at a better life for some is better than leaving everyone in the dirt.  I wish God would make life better for everyone.  Trying to strive and achieve goals and dreams shouldn’t come at the cost of others feelings being hurt, but that doesn’t seem to be the reality.  People see other’s with nice things then they look at what they have and want more.  Would that be enough for you?

I don’t expect to win the Super Bowl.  I haven’t trained for it and I am not a football player.  When the few things I do try to do in my life seem to be such great obstacles it is frustrating.  Life is hard, people want progress without sacrificing anything and that is difficult.  A lot of guys get left on the sidelines striving to be pros.  Just like women and models.  God says He loves us all yet it seems like He gives more talents to some than others.  A bad set of health problems can bench anyone.  We talk about the excessive cost of healthcare yet we don’t seem to talk about all the lost dreams.  There is a real cost associated with all that and I am tired of it.

Life seems like it will always be unfair.  Jealousy comes with the territory of being successful.  Yet without star players how will we cure cancer, or fix the environment?  Maybe someone in the Church has a better answer to this.  Humility mitigates all this, it doesn’t seem to cure human nature completely.  Be thankful for what you got.  Easier to say when your not lonely, when you have freedom, when you don’t have many health problems.  Being thankful does help me feel better though, just wish it was easier to believe for myself and others.

Success can bring resentment.  Power can be hard to talk to.  Successful powerful people probably spend more time in silence than they would like.  For those that have been in solitary confinement like me, silence can play tricks on the mind.  Power and outcasts probably have a lot more in common than they think.  To say this all couldn’t jade some would be an understatement.  Maybe I have the right words to say to some and hopefully they can forgive my own jadedness.  I don’t have all the answers and that doesn’t mean I don’t want to try with what I got.  I do need a clean bill of health.  The right support makes all the difference in the world.  “Where you end up usually depends on where you start”