Ironies of Life
By Moeru H.

Isn’t it ironic that we concentrate so much on our rights…
but not on our responsibilities?

Isn’t it ironic that we ask G-d about the bad things that happen to us…
but never the good ones?

Isn’t it ironic that we are never bothered by what we say about others…
but we bother on what others say about us?

Isn’t it ironic that we feel pity for ourselves for not having what others have…
but we never admire the things we have that others don’t?

Isn’t it ironic that we wish for something…
but we never do anything about it?

Isn’t it ironic that a person becomes great…
when he has overcome his failures first?

Isn’t it ironic that we consider ourselves free…
and yet, unknowingly, we are slaves of trends and other people’s criticisms?

Isn’t it ironic that we are too busy trying to find ways to change others…
but forget, in the process, to change our own selves?

Isn’t it ironic that we think that the ideal is impossible to reach…
when we know that we have the power to embody that ideal?

Isn’t it ironic that we feel we deserve goodness…
and feel betrayed when we are treated harshly?

Isn’t it ironic that we complain on how things don’t go our way…
but welcome unexpected good fortune with open arms?

Isn’t it ironic that we become stronger, more often than not…
when we are in the most overwhelming of circumstances?

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