Does God smile favorably on some and frown on others?

[ms_ann_thrope]

Feel free to substitute your choice of <noun> for God (ie. fate, luck, Mother Nature). Sometimes I feel my life is charmed. Mostly painless, not great, but certainly not horrible. There's this person I know that lives a frowned on life. Nothing ever seems to work out. Maybe he should have gone to church more, or something.

 

[Tryharder62]

..No..

 

[KRCummings]

Nope. If it appears that way it's only because we don't understand His motive.

 

[ms_ann_thrope]

Nope. If it appears that way it's only because we don't understand His motive.

Ah, it's the devine fickle finger of fate.

 

[warrior queen]

Crap. With a few exceptions, life is exactly the way you want it to be.
The exceptions include bastardex's, untimely illness or death, and forgetting to laugh at yourself.

 

[ms_ann_thrope]

Crap. With a few exceptions, life is exactly the way you want it to be.
The exceptions include bastardex's, untimely illness or death, and forgetting to laugh at yourself.

I bet you carry a picture of yourself in your wallet.

 

[neci]

orgy on top of the mountain.

 

[SweetShal303]

Karma...???

 

[RoryN]

I bet you carry a picture of yourself in your wallet.

The same picture in her av appears on her driver's license.

Based on the shit that comes out of her mouth, they assumed it was her face.

 

[phrodeau]

This guy who was born without feet or legs below the knees got to compete in track events in the Olympics, then went on to kill his girlfriend.

 

[neci]

This guy who was born without feet or legs below the knees got to compete in track events in the Olympics, then went on to kill his girlfriend.

bad hobbit.

 

[ms_ann_thrope]

This guy who was born without feet or legs below the knees got to compete in track events in the Olympics, then went on to kill his girlfriend.

That's a speedbump not a never ending cycle of misery and failure. I'm sure he'll bounce back.

 

[LongDrySpell]

Everyone has both good and bad things happen. How we react to them is what determines whether we feel charmed or cursed. A "why me" attitude magnifies every little slight. I think we've all had days like this, where the stars seem aligned against us, but it usually passes quickly. However, I think most of us know people who live their lives like this, with what I call the "victim mentality." They're not paying attention to the good things that happen, so they miss them. But the opposite can also be true - with a good attitude, the rotten crap flies by under the radar, and people can feel like they have a great life despite the shit that happens.

Corny, I know.

 

[MechaBlade]

No. God frowns on everyone. Some of us just get it worse than others.

I am God's whipping boy.

 

[warrior queen]

I bet you carry a picture of yourself in your wallet.

Actually, I carry no photo's whatsoever.
That way the bastards who steal my purse next time won't know what my family looks like.

 

[bernett69]

sometimes karma is a bitch

 

[warrior queen]

Karma...???

There is no such thing.

 

[ms_ann_thrope]

Actually, I carry no photo's whatsoever.
That way the bastards who steal my purse next time won't know what my family looks like.

It was a metaphor.

 

[BotanyBoy]

Frown? Nah....just forgotten.

 

[tactful]

Sometimes, it's all in the timing.

 

[Riles]

Christ, I don't know. It sure can feel like it at times if you make comparisons, so I've stopped doing that. I've also stopped asking "why", because if there's one thing I've learned in all the shit I've lived through, it's that when you ask "god" the question of "haven't I suffered enough?", you will always take another hit.

Now all I pray for is to let me take as much as I can if it means my kids are spared.

 

[ms_ann_thrope]

Everyone has both good and bad things happen. How we react to them is what determines whether we feel charmed or cursed. A "why me" attitude magnifies every little slight. I think we've all had days like this, where the stars seem aligned against us, but it usually passes quickly. However, I think most of us know people who live their lives like this, with what I call the "victim mentality." They're not paying attention to the good things that happen, so they miss them. But the opposite can also be true - with a good attitude, the rotten crap flies by under the radar, and people can feel like they have a great life despite the shit that happens.

Corny, I know.

You're talking about the "average joe". I'm talking about the way Hera used to dick with Hercules.

 

[sufisaint]

You have the ability to create your own reality...few understand this and become victims of societies traps.

 

[ms_ann_thrope]

You have the ability to create your own reality...few understand this and become victims of societies traps.

That might work if you never leave the basement.

 

[MatthewVett]

No, he doesn't exist. Some people have crappy circumstances, others have good ones, as expected of any normal distribution, there are highs and lows and a lot of people in the middle. Nothing divine needed to explain it.