1. The average person cares more about what he eats for lunch than whether you live or die
2. Life is not and will never be fair
3. Most people are shallow
4. The more comfortable you get, the worse your life is going to be
5. The world will judge you based on what it can get out of you
6. Nothing in life is permanent
7. When you die, only a few people will continue to think of you after you’re gone
Thanks for putting up the list. Rings true and I find number 4 to be very true.
My rules for life, and that I’ve taught my kids are:
1) Life isn’t fair.
2) Nothing is easy.
3) It’s always something.
4) God is Sovereign.
I was working on the car the other day and having a heck of a time trying to reach my hand underneath blindly while trying to find the hole with the bolt and then tighten it blindly with my other hand. (I bet I spent a half-hour struggling with it.)
“Doggone on it! What does EVERTHING have to be so difficult!!??....I know why!! NOTHING is easy!! But WHY can’t it be easy!!??? I don’t know - but nothing is!!”
I took a break and kept ranting - but in a made-up maniacal way to just get the frustration out of my system. I related it to my daughter.
She laughed. And replied - “Or Dad, it might be that John Wayne quote you like - ‘Life is tough. It’s even tougher when you’re stupid.”
I had to agree with her on that!
I did finally get that bolt in!
Seriously though - usually I don’t get that frustrated when working on things - if you plan on “nothing is easy” and “it’s always something” - it is good knowledge to have ahead of time.
The “God is Sovereign” was added to my original list of three a few years ago. Doesn’t really apply to car repairs though!