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Sometimes I love to say that phrase to my mom, cuz it reminds me of being 5yrs old and throwing a fit. hahaha.  Like, when your brothers get more marshmellows in their hot cocoa than you got!!! ugh, right? hahaha….  Then your mom gently reminds you, “hey kid – life’s not fair, deal with it”.  Thanks Mom

Sadly that phrase has been rolling through my mind for the last few days… I was briefly talking with Robbie and told him that I have never been so challenged to change my thinking/actions as I have since coming to Beachside.  I don’t know if its Beachside, or God’s timing – either way I have been put in situations that have forced me to deal with the way I handle that situation.  I feel like God just runs me thru the same challenge back to back until I pass the test. No fun, not fair… lol…

The ”it’s not fair” side sneaks in when you feel like you are in a whirlwind of change… You look at friends around you who appear to be just fine, without a care in the world. You think to yourself, why me? why am i always faced with something else that needs to change ASAP???  Afterall, look at John and Jane Doe over there livin’ it up in their perfect world, always so happy…… right?    Well, i guess i have to remind myself that you never know what is going on behind the closed doors of others’ lives. The grass is always greener over there, BUT that may be because they’ve got a septic stream running thru their property.   

I think about how a pearl is formed. It doesn’t become a beautiful, sought after prize by just chillin’ in a shell for a while. It endures quite a beating, the harder the beating the more beautiful the pearl. (Oh joy) hahaha… Mom is right, “life’s not fair” and from time to time life is challenging and disappointing, but the reward of refined character is worth it.