Is Life Unfair?

Too many people surrounding you are either fighting life-threatening diseases or have lost to incurable diseases. As our civilization progresses into different levels of modernization, so are disorders and illnesses. We might have found cures and ways of prevention for sicknesses that have caused lives fifty years ago, but new ones keep emerging as we speak.

Being healthy, normal and alive is a privilege: something we take for granted. Some children are born handicapped, with mental or physical illnesses, with rare genetic disorders and syndromes, but surprisingly they don't blame life and have a brighter outlook than many of us. Bottom point is, not like convicts, they never committed anything wrong to deserve all these. We can be outside carrying our normal lives, but some of these children can never step out of their enclosure.

Nevertheless, there are still people out there who are not satisfied with what they already own. Be glad you are born normal. Be glad you can mingle with other normal beings. Be glad you can carry on a life and achieve your dreams and goals. No one says life is easy. There are always ups and downs in our life, which is an adventure to learn and cultivate yourself. When you complain about some petty issues or is having a bad day, just think about what I mentioned above and I am sure you will feel much better. Be content and always carry an open heart.

Nothing in this world is free: stop complaining about being poor, because 95% of the wealthy people worked really hard to be where they are today, stop complaining about not having the look and keeps wanting to alter it, because remember, you are lucky to be born normal. You might not have everything, but there are always people who are less fortunate than you. No one said life is fair, but adjusting your mentality will let you realize and agree that you are a fortunate being.

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This post is my thought after visiting my aunt who is currently told she is in the last stage of pulmonary lymphoma. The cancer has spread to her neck and brain, which signifies she has at most one year of life. She entirely collapsed after doctors brought her this dreadful news. This news not only gave me additional strength and initiation to do my best at my cancer metastasis research this summer and give me extra motivation to perform all my best towards my study in the field of pharmacology.

R.I.P. to my second uncle who passed away 11 years ago due to pulmonary cancer, three close family friends who also passed away due to different types of cancers and my maternal side grandfather who lost fight to an unknown/unfamiliar disease.