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Old Jul 17, 2017, 06:18 PM
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Thanks Treevoice,

yes, im not happy with what i have and i dont feel grateful at all. maybe, if only one thing was going well, i could feel lucky that at least i had that one thing, but it seems all my efforts are useless and its painful.

on one hand i tell myself i have what i want cause we build our reality, on the other hand i feel so unlucky, having to live with what i was given (stupid mind and stupid feelings). i dont blame anyone or anything, just myself...

and... do i really not deserve anything good?
why nothing good happens to me? ever?

i do have good people around myself, and im thankful for that, but about me, my life... in terms of what i have done, of what i have, of what i may have... its a total failure, a disaster. i dont see why im still fighting. why?
Well I can't answer that for you, but I implore you to see things in a different light. What would be the point of living if we were all born with the perfect life? The journey of figuring who we are and what we want is a messy one. We all make mistakes, some of us bad ones. But I don't even like to think of "deserving" as part of the equation. I think we often do more harm thinking about "deserving" - what makes a person deserving of good things? If we start keeping score, no one will deserve anything good. "An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind", etc. I know it's not easy to find gratitude with what you have when you are struggling. But at the end of the day, we're all humans suffering through whatever hand we've been dealt. Each day is a new day to fail in a new and better way, and that process is how we grow. Sometimes just the act of paying closer attention to the little things we have to be grateful for can make all the difference.
Thanks for this!
sinking