by Alejandro Mendez

Created on: September 13, 2010

In our reality unfortunate events can occur without a moment's notice. They can occur without warning and at times for what seems to be no reason at all. These happenings do not discriminate upon us, and can leave you guessing as to what you did to deserve the unfortunate outcome. You may even wonder why of all people such troublesome circumstances were to be placed on your instead of another.

The fact remains that we as humans for whatever reason we are here in this reality, the most probable one would be to learn and acquire knowledge. The ability to learn is a trait shared by every human, we start learning from the moment we take our first breath in this world,  to our last breath of life.

There is no experience we may have that does not teach us something new, or lets us advance on something learned. For that reason even the most unfortunate events that may befall us lead to us learning to live a better life, IF of course you choose to learn from the event rather than take it to heart. Those who choose to learn from the unfortunate events in their lives are often kindhearted, for they know and have learned from pain. Those who remain ignorant to the lessons of life often face the same unfortunate events multiple times, and many people throughout the course of their lives never learn the lesson they should have learned and are faced with a problem that never really seems to resolve for them.

Those unfortunate events serve to make us wise in the game of life. They try to teach those who will listen. Compassion and Empathy for others is something we learn from hardship and the pain we have endured. But do not expect others to teach you life's lessons, for you are the one living your life and will benefit most from learning the lessons unique to your situation at that given time. Most of the world however could benefit from listening more to life's problems, as compassion and empathy are in desperate need in these difficult times of violence and hate towards fellow man.

Listen and learn from your problems and see them as opportunities to better yourself as a person, as well as help create a better world 1 person at a time.

“The path towards compassion is paved in pain.” – Alejandro Mendez

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