By Maren Kate
I remember this refrain being seared in my consciousness from early on in my childhood. It’s a bitter-sweet memory because I can still taste the knot of staunch injustice that gathered in the back of my throat when my mother would dish it out; but at the same time I’m grateful that the inequality of life was shown to me at a young age because I learned a valuable lesson that seems to be lost on the rest of my peers.
Life isn’t freaking fair, deal with it. You can bitch and moan or you can make the best of the cards you are dealt… or you can strive to become the dealer. Your situation may be truly, honestly, righteously unfair – but the chances that dwelling on it will move your life one iota in a better direction is dismal, at best.
Instead, embrace... More...
