If you are a sensitive person who doesn’t want to read about the dark sides in life, then this article isn’t for you. But if you are open minded, keep reading.
I grew up believing that the world is all sunshine and rainbows, only to grow up to see the real world.
I remember the first time I learnt about death when I was at a young age and I couldn’t sleep thinking that I’d die in my sleep. I would stay awake until I got so sleep and fell asleep.
It happened to me for months until one day, I said to myself “f*ck it, I choose sleep, I don’t care if I am going to die now”.
What happened was I embraced the inevitable instead of trying to fight it. I was free again.
I am sure many people have bad thoughts like me, but most people don’t like to talk about it. They just want to lock themselves in a little cocoon believing that everything is all sunshine and rainbows in the world.
For those of you who have been reading this here so far. I applaud for you being open minded.
I know your time is limited, so let’s jump right in.
Truth #1: We are not born equal.
You can’t possibly say that these are groups of children are born equal.
And
One group of kids have all the privilege of having a roof over their heads, foods on the table, clean water to drink and etc. and another group is just struggling to survive each day.
And worse of all, many of them would die from not having clean water to drink.
Truth #2: Prayers mean nothing
Nobody gives a fuck about your prayers, the victims need food and help, not some people praying from the comfort of their home.
They are not going to feel better knowing you pray for them when they’ve lost everything they’ve owned in their life and they need to start from 0 again.
Prayers + no action = worthless. Stop praying and start helping people if you mean it.
Truth #3: Bad people do win in life
We were taught from a young age that good always wins over evils and that if someone does bad to you, the universe would somehow punish them.
Sounds good, right? But this is a fairy world.
In reality, bad people do win a lot. If you have enough money and power, you can do a lot of bad things and get away with it.
Truth #4: Death comes with no warnings
One minute to talk to your loved one before he/she goes to work and 20 minutes later, you get a call and someone on the other end says he/she is dead. That’s it, no goodbyes. Gone forever.
Truth #5: The world loves money
Money is’t everything, that’s true. You don’t need to have a lot of money to be happy in life.
But you still need money.
- You sick? Go to the hospital then. — money
- You are hungry? Buy something to eat. — money
- Your kids need milk? Go buy milk. — money
- You want to take your kids to Disney world. money
Truth #6: Your life is not bad, stop complaining
Does someone scream at you at work?
Do you feel stressed out because you can’t pay rent or mortgage this month?
Is your relationship rocky and you feel sad?
Let me give you some perspective here.
The fact that you have a roof over your head, a device to read this article, electricity and internet connection. You are more privileged than billions of people who would love to trade lives with you and have all your struggles.
No matter what your problems are, you can fix them.
Truth #7: You can do everything right and still fail
I don’t care what people say about having set your mind on whatever and you will achieve it if you work hard enough. It’s not true.
There are 2,043 billionaires in the world right now, and there are 7.6 billion people in the world.
How many people do you think working their asses off to become a billionaire and fail?
You can be the best husband/wife in the world and your partner can still cheat on you.
You can give your kid everything you have and your kid can still end up in jail ruining his own life.
Not everything can be successful, no matter how hard you try.
Truth #8: You rarely get a second chance
Put your best efforts in doing anything in life because most of the times, you won’t get a second chance and don’t leave things to chance.
Truth #9: Love isn’t enough to make a relationship work
You think you love each other to bits and you two are the most loving couple in the world.
Here’s the truth. It. doesn’t. fucking. matter.
Because anyone can hold a relationship when it’s lovey dovey and easy, the real test is when shit hits the fans and see if you still think the same about each other.
Truth #10: Time will fly by faster than you think
It’s easy to get stuck in a routine and live your life that way and one day, when it’s your birthday, you start to realize you haven’t done shit over the years and you can never turn back the time.
If you have something you want to do, do it now especially when you are young and fully of energy.
Truth #11: You will start to lose people you love
As you grow older, you will start losing your loved ones, friends, family members or anyone you care about.
The world doesn’t care, it’s just going to keep moving and you will feel like the people you lost were not even here before.
And the worst thing is that the person you once loved so much will be just a distant memory.
Truth #12: You are both old and young at the same time
No matter what age you are now, someone thinks you are old and on the flip side, there are some other people who think you are still young and have all the time in the world to do things.
You need to start doing things you want to do before it’s all over.
Truth #13: No one is going to save you
It’s your life and it’s 100% your responsibility, stop waiting around for someone to come and save you. If you do, almost always, you will be disappointed.
If you don’t have someone who can help you financially, it’s not hard to become homeless.
Start saving money and plan your retirement now before it’s too late.
Truth #14: It’s okay to not find passion early in life
Finding passion seems like everything people do nowadays, you are expected to find what you love to do before 18 and they force you to choose a major in university.
We don’t fucking know what we want in our teenage years or even in our 20s.
That’s what it is, we need to go through life and learn about ourselves.
Truth #15: It’s not what you know, it’s who you know
You see the kid who didn’t do well in school but now he has a better job than you? Well, he must have known someone or his parents know someone who helped him get the job.
You can be very talented but unsuccessful because you don’t know enough people.
Truth #16: there are great people you meet that you will never see again
Life works in a funny way, there are great people you meet but they are not destined to be a part of your life and you would probably never meet them again.
Truth #17: some people will find a reason hate you
You can be the most positive and kindest person in the world but someone is going to find a reason to hate you and you can’t do anything about it.
You can’t fix it either.
Truth #18: people will judge you based on your appearance
Our subconscious mind will always size people up and the first thing we see is someone’s appearance. Whether you like it or not, you will be judged based on how you look.
Truth #19: you can’t make someone love you
You think you have a crush on someone and you think when you show that person enough love and they see how good of a person you are, they would fall in love with you.
It doesn’t work that way, sometimes your love can never be returned and your heart will break.
Final words + Bonus Truth: there are more good people than bad in the world
The world isn’t as harsh and cold as most people think it is. When you walk up to people and ask for help, the majority of them will be more than willing to do it for you.
Of course, there are rude and bad people but they are still the minority. Most people will go out of their way to help you and make sure you are okay.
The world isn’t black or white, it’s gray. Learn it, accept it, and live with it.
Have a good one.
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