Is life actually a bitch?

Life isn't fair.

That's what they say, life isn't fair. Is that really true? Is life not fair to any of us? Or is it just that we all look upon the things that we would prefer not to have happened as being unfair?

I don't actually have a job at the moment, my life consists of sending out my CV to various newspapers and magazines and hoping that one of them gets back to me. I spend the rest of my time watching TV, reading up on the news and sport, and eating. At first that sounds like a fantastic life, but after about four hours its too little for me.

For a background to this story I've just finished a journalism course and am now trying to get myself into one of the most competitive industries there is. A few of my friends have managed to find jobs, they're good, they deserve them. At times the fact that I'm sat here doing nothing starts to feel a little unfair. But is it really?

I got a text earlier off a friend about an interview he'd just had. I'll admit that as well as feeling happy for him a small part of me was annoyed that I've not had such an experience yet. I've passed some exams that he hasn't, surely I should be there first?

Grumpiness goes hand in hand with boredom. Of course I shouldn't have that chance, he went for it, he's got it. I'm pretty sure I didn't apply for that job, I'm also pretty sure that he's just as good at what we do as I am. In terms of reporting news he's probably better. So why do I feel annoyed?

Because life's not fair. That's what some people would say to me.

I'm going to take this space to declare that I'm not going to use that excuse, not today, not tomorrow, not ever. I've had chances other people haven't had, I'll get chances others don't in the future. If someone else has gone out and got something why does that mean that life isn't fair for me?

That's a problems with the world sometimes. A sense of entitlement slips into peoples minds, a sense that things should be there for them. Well they aren't, and just because they aren't doesn't mean that life is being unfair to you. There are people out their who suffer every day of their lives, they have no food, they scavenge for whatever they can get and I bet they complain less than you do if you didn't get a chance someone else got.

So be happy, life isn't being unfair to you, it's being life. You live it, you're blessed to have a life and if you're privileged enough to be able to use the internet and therefore read this you've got a pretty blessed life indeed.

Life is fair, it just happens to be different dependent on your circumstances.