In a New York Times opinion piece by David Brooks, “Biden said that his dad once showed him an image of the comic strip Viking, Hagar the Horrible, getting hammered by life and screaming out, “Why Me?!” God answers, “Why Not?”
I can smile at this scenario today but there were times when I have absolutely cried out in desperation, "Why me?" There was never any answer, just silence, which is the same as "Why not?" I’ve discovered that life's trials are never personal and we suffer them indiscriminately. There is no fairness, no balance, no bias in our favor. The trick then to overcoming them is my own response, my attitude, my perspective. And this is exactly how it should be. I would want no one else to be in charge of my fate -- only myself. Leave me to me.
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