It’s not wrong, it’s life

A colleague told me about a challenging task he had coming up at work. I replied that hardly a week goes by without something similar happening.

It’s a bit like life in general, isn’t it?

When you think about it, there aren’t many stretches of time that pass by without something stirring things up.

There are illnesses, unexpected expenses, aches and pains, driving kids to their activities… Then there’s repainting the house, going to the dentist, planning events — the list just keeps growing.

That’s simply how life is, whether we like it or not.

Is it wrong? No, it’s just life.

But it will feel very difficult if we think it’s not supposed to be this way. If we go around feeling like life is treating us unfairly. “Why is it always me who gets hit with these things?”

When we instead recognize that this is part of what it means to be human, everything gets a little easier. Some things will still be unpleasant, of course, but we don’t have to add frustration and irritation on top.

And that makes life a whole lot simpler.