The majority of us only scratch the surface of what life has to offer. Many of us are oblivious to the ugliness of some life realities until we are confronted with them in a way that is distressing or unexpected, but these realities are often hideous and unpleasant. I would advise you to rethink your attitude if you think that life hands you everything you want on a silver platter. The reality of life is that it is difficult and stressful, and the bad things that occur on a consistent basis are nothing more than the general, unpleasant facts of existence. The unfortunate reality is that if you want to be successful on this earth, you need to have an understanding of these universal truths; they are critical and literally regulate the lives of individuals. There is no way that nature could have constructed it in such a way as to encourage anyone to relax here.
1. The more reserved you are, the further removed you will be from experiencing pleasure. Being humble does not always pay off; what does pay off in this evil society we live in is meanness, as well as the capacity to discriminate between being modest and being a weakling. This is merely an ugly reality or truth about life. Being humble does not always pay off.
2. Offering someone a second chance is generally equivalent to giving them another opportunity to do the task that they were unable to complete the first time around. This indicates that you should not offer someone who has wronged you a second chance; it is in your best interest to avoid some people because if you did give them another chance, they would betray your trust and stab you in the back.
3. When we lose a good person in our lives, it almost never just happens by itself. After the passing of a loved one, we are often better able to appreciate all that they contributed to our lives. This is a sad fact, and even thinking about it or recalling it makes me feel pain.
4. It is in your best interest to keep the problems to yourself because if you bring them up to other people, only twenty percent of the time will they care about you, while the other eighty percent will be relieved that you have them. It should not be necessary to explain what this entails; simply put, not everyone will care about your predicament, and some people may even take pleasure in the fact that you are experiencing it.
5. The majority of the time, life is not fair. This is because some wicked souls are able to lead respectable lives, but those with good hearts and a loving nature are forced to endure hardship. As a direct consequence of this, life is not always fair.
6. When you are having difficulty, more people will pay attention to you. If you are successful and well-off, most people won't remember you, but if you fail at anything significant and substantial, you will become incredibly successful and well-known. This is the only way to do this.