Posted by Dinah on December 10, 2003, at 15:09:43
In reply to Why do I deserve the best?, posted by Miss Honeychurch on December 10, 2003, at 13:14:17
Well, if you want to be really philosophical about it, perhaps no one "deserves" the best or the worst. Or perhaps no one gets what they "deserve". But that's no reason to reject what good things you get. It's more reason to be grateful for what you do get, knowing that it was unearned - because after all, how can you really earn the bounteous blessings we're lucky enough to receive. I don't "deserve" such a wonderful kid as I have. And I don't "deserve" to have a biological tendency to emotional problems. Maybe I "deserve" my diabetes. But mostly what we get has nothing to do with what we deserve.
I'd still object to getting the worst though, and try to get better.
poster:Dinah
thread:288418
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/psycho/20031202/msgs/288481.html