Tough Love

Columnist John Hawkins blogs for PJ Media, today he is selling seven ugly truths folks need to understand. I've given you the nitty-gritty headlines, he explains each in several paragraphs.

1. The average person cares more about what he eats for lunch than whether you live or die.
2. Life is not and never will be fair.
3. Most people are shallow.
4. The more comfortable you get, the worse your life is going to be.
5. The world will judge you based on what it can get out of you.
6. Nothing in life is permanent.
7. When you die, only a few people will think of you after you're gone.

It is an interesting list, Hawkins makes pretty good arguments for these points. Is he correct? Maybe, I tend to think #4 is situational. It probably makes sense during the career-building part of life.

Try reversing #4, would you accept that the less comfortable you are the better your life is going to be? Didn't think so, I know I wouldn't.

A comfortable retirement, for example, is no bad thing. Hat tip to Ed Driscoll, guest blogging at Instapundit, for the link.