Life is not "equal opportunity"... it never has been, and never will be. That is the nature of this world, and resenting the reality of it does nothing but destroy those filled with such anger. However, real Life is equal possibility... in that each of us is given what we are given (by life) and it is up to us what we make from such "ingredients." The great percentage of the great ones in life are not those who are handed silver spoons, but those who dig into the raw ore of their own character and who -- through hard work, persistence, and faith -- turn what they touch into gold.

Do not fall into the trap of resentment and self-pity. Choose instead to start over whenever some challenge rises to meet you; instead of feeling "blue" over your circumstances, choose to learn what is true about yourself in that same moment. Do this and you will find that part of yourself that cannot fail, for it is created to rise above whatever it meets. Once you know this truth from yourself, everything that happens to you is seen as being for you. Then you are free.