As children growing up, we often told ourselves that “life is not fair.”  In hindsight, we come to realize that life was not fair in that particular instance - most likely because we could not have what we so desired – an item to provide immediate and short-term joy, permission to stay out late with friends, the chance to be with our “one true love.”  I cannot single-handedly change the mindset of youth, nor do I want to, because it is this selfish ideology that “life is not fair,” which children must learn to overcome to transform into self-less contributors of society.  Unf