{"id":3056,"date":"2015-06-25T08:53:22","date_gmt":"2015-06-25T12:53:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/everydayspirituality\/?p=3056"},"modified":"2016-10-19T09:30:34","modified_gmt":"2016-10-19T13:30:34","slug":"looking-at-how-to-be-fair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/everydayspirituality\/2015\/06\/looking-at-how-to-be-fair.html","title":{"rendered":"Looking at how to be fair"},"content":{"rendered":"

The disparity is obvious. The Pacific Northwest received little to no snowfall last winter and therefore their fresh water resources are greatly diminished. We here in the northeast received so much snow it\u2019s all I did was shovel the driveway last winter. Plus, we are getting rain regularly now.<\/p>\n

It doesn\u2019t seem fair. But nothing in this human life has ever seemed fair. The only times when I feel as though fairness is exonerated is when I act as fair as possible myself.<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t mean I divide money amounts evenly between our children when giving gifts. I mean, when I am fair in<\/a> my judgements and reactions.<\/p>\n

Fairness is more apparent when I am open-minded when talking with friends, acquaintances, politicians.\u00a0 Or, when I am unbiased when reading the newspapers and watching the television. Or when I am rational when I look at world conditions.<\/p>\n

People in the Pacific Northwest will learn better how to conserve water. I can conserve also, even if we have plenty of water in the northeast.<\/p>\n

We don\u2019t need to become super-afraid at the unfairness. We can take each situation and see our way through it with grace and fairness.<\/p>\n

From 21st Century Science and Health: “<\/em>Civilization and Science stand strong on the side of justice, and encourage the elimination of discrimination, however, every time an effort is made to remedy unfairness, we must be alert that the effort doesn\u2019t encourage difficulties of greater magnitude. Higher aims and motives, as well as improved mental character, must be considered as the feasible and rational<\/a> means of progress.”<\/p>\n

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