Shit Talk

Life isn’t fair.

We’ve all been told this our entire lives.

But it’s not until we personally experience the unfairness of life, do we begin to understand.

At one point, Brad’s life appeared to be so unfairly good, that he was told, “you must have come out of the womb, stepped in shit once, and never stepped in shit again.”

Brad had the passion and the purpose and the wife and the puppy and the friends and the family.

Brad had it all. Which means he must have gotten his shit stepping out of the way early.

But then his dad suddenly died (shit.) And then one of his best friends suddenly died (shit.). And then his wife suddenly got cancer (shit).

After that, we thought we were done stepping in shit. We assumed the universe worked in a way that rewarded good people by avoiding future shit.

But then Brad got cancer (shit) and died (ultimate shit).

And for a moment, I thought that maybe I was done stepping in shit.

But then a whole lot of other shit stepping situations happened (more deaths, more cancer, more heartbreak). It felt unfair.

But here’s the thing: Just because you stepped in shit once, doesn’t mean you won’t step in shit again.

If I’ve learned one thing, it’s this: there is no escaping the shit.

But I’ve also learned it does absolutely nothing to spend your time worrying about all the potential piles of shit out there (trust me, I’ve wasted my fair share of hours worrying about the illness shit and the death shit and the pain shit and all the other bull shit).

The shit is inevitable.

My advice? Be the cliche and live your fucking life to the fullest, knowing you will eventually step in shit. Maybe you’ll get a terrible diagnosis. Maybe a person you love will die. Maybe both. Maybe worse.

Because life ISN’T fair.

You will step in shit. And then step in shit again and again.

And when you do step in shit? I hope you do it while living FULLY. Blinded by joy and dancing and skipping and laughing your way into that shit.

Because it’s not whether or not you will step in shit (you will), but how well you live your life while doing the shit stepping, that matters.