My Least Favorite Laws of Life

The List

1. To be human is to suffer.
   
   Yup, this one's at the top of the list. Buddha figured this one out (and that the way to enlightenment is beyond suffering). And it's just no damn fun.
2. Life is a terminal disease.
   
   This is probably the most ignored law of life - we do our best to pretend that this one isn't true at just about every minute (especially before we're 21). But, unfortunately, it's true.
3. Evil Exists
   
   We've all pretty much come to accept this one in the past few years, but it's never been one of my favorites. I like to believe that everyone is good and wonderful, and it's just not true.
4. Good things happen to bad people
   
   This one follows on the first one - sometimes, the bad guys win in real life. In fact, the bad guys end up winning often.
5. No matter how brilliant/successful/wonderful you are, somebody will dislike you
   
   This one's a corollary to the previous two - even if you're the nicest person on the planet, you're always going to annoy someone. It drives me nuts, since I'm one of those people who wants everyone to like him.
6. We don't know very much at all
   
   Think about how you look back on those people from 400 years ago who hadn't even figured out how to write, thought that the world was flat, and hadn't figured out the amazing power of the combustion engines. Oh, yeah... we call that "The Dark Ages".
   
   Then, think about what they're going to call you in 400 years. We think we're pretty advanced, but our knowledge is pretty partial.
7. Nothing Free/Easy comes without Hard Work
   
   We all want to "get rich quick", lose weight without going to the gym while eating whatever we want, and move to the top of the corporate ladder without working 80-hour weeks. But nothing worth happening has ever happened without a large amount of work.