14 Apr 2023
Fairness
Life can be unfair at times, according to me. But that is my subjective perception. Sometimes, maybe true. Other times, not.
Every time I feel something is unfair, I need to remind myself: On what basis?
Parable of the vineyard workers - Matthew 20.1-16. The parable was about the complaints of workers who felt they have been treated unfairly.
They compared themselves to each other, not to what they had agreed to.
If they had compared what they got with what they had agreed to, they would find that each of them got exactly what they agreed before they started working. No less.
And that is fair.
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