People have always said life wasn’t fair and it’s not. Life is cruel and it will knock you down until you’re lying on the floor. It’s up to you to decide whether you want to lay on the ground groaning and moaning about your troubles or get up, wipe the dust off your clothes and fight. Some people that I know complain about their misfortunes blaming anyone and everything but themselves. The type of person I’m describing is one who is used to getting anything they want; everything is handed to them.
Three years ago this girl (lets call her Trisha) decided to run for class president. What you need to know is Trisha had this wonderful self-impression that she was the best thing that happened in our town…the most wonderful person God ever created. She was one of those people who walked around like she owned the place and belittled anyone who got in her way. One voting day, everyone voted and to everyone's surprise, things didn't turn out for Trisha as expected -- for once in her “perfect” life, she didn't get what she wanted. The next few days following the election she complained to her parents as well as teachers and anyone else who would listen how unfair the voting was and she didn't believe that everyone's votes were counted. She was relentless – her parents called the school and she kept pushing until she felt she got what she was owed. For the first time, the school had Co-Presidents. So the girl who won the election had to share her presidential responsibilities. What Trisha should have done was swallow her pride, congratulate the winner, and run again next year if she still wanted that position. People can be so absorbed in themselves that they don’t take the time to step back and look at the big picture.
Life isn’t about always getting what you want. If we did, life would be boring...we wouldn’t learn anything and we wouldn’t grow as a person. It’s important for people to realize that life doesn’t just hand itself to you on a silver platter. Sometimes you have to fight for what you want. That doesn’t mean punching, pulling hair, scratching to get the job or spot on the varsity team but taking the time to build skills needed. It’s not about taking the easy way out because in the long run it makes you a weaker person. For example, during my brother’s freshman year of high school he tried out for the hockey team. La Salle gave him one tryout whereas the other guys were granted the opportunity to tryout multiple times. The more tryouts you have, the better chance you have of making the team. There was one spot left on one of the teams and through hard work and endless hours practicing, he made the team. He didn’t "buy" his way onto the team – he fought his way on fair and square. He had a huge sense of self satisfaction at the end of the season when he was the only defender from his team to make the All-Star Team that year.
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