Life isn't always fair. We do suffer pain, injustice, and difficulty. I found a speech that is simply entitled, "Life is not fair; get used to it", that was shared at a high school graduation ceremony several years ago by a former graduate of that school. Here's what she said:
-The world won't care about your self-esteem. The world will expect you to accomplish something before you feel good about yourself.
-You will not make 100 thousand dollars a year right out of high school. You won't be a vice president with all the privileges until you "earn" both.
-If you think your school teachers were tough, wait till you get a boss. He doesn't have tenure.
-Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity. Your grandparents had a different word for burger-flipping; they called it opportunity.
-If you screw up, it's not your parents' fault so don't whine about your mistakes. Learn from them.
-Before you were born, your parents weren't as boring as they are now. They got that way paying your bills, cleaning your room, and listening to you tell them how idealistic you are. So before you save the rain forest from the blood-sucking parasites of your parents' generation, try delousing the closet in your own room.
-Your school may have done away with winners and losers but life has not. In some schools they have abolished failing grades, they'll give you as many times as you want to get the right answer. This, of course, bears not the slightest resemblance to anything in real life.
-Life is not divided into semesters. You don't get summers off, and very few employers are interested in helping you find yourself. Do that on your own time.
-Television is not real life. In real life people actually have to leave the coffee shop and go to jobs.
-Be nice to nerds. Chances are you'll end up working for one.
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