Why is life so hard?

Life is hard because everyday is the first time for everybody.

You've probably heard the saying "The first step is always the hardest."
You probably know that the first time you do something takes the most time to do it and it may seem a little harder than you thought.
Even the first time you take a route somewhere it seems to take the longest time.

The first time is the hardest because we aren't used to it.  The more familiar and comfortable you get with something, the easier it seems.  The longer you do something, it appears to be easy i.e., you make it look easy.

Well, every day is a new day. You may do things during the day that you have done before so that part of your day is not big deal but, every minute is new to you and since we have no idea of what comes next, we just have to take it as it comes...for the first time!

Some days are easy because most things that happen that day are things we are used to and we're comfortable doing them, even if we don't like them.  Some days go really well because our plans work out and even though it's the first time, things go well.  Then, of course, are those days that most everything is new and unexpected, on top of it all it comes at us way too fast.

We have to live on the same planet with lots of other people that we can't control, so there's just no tellin' what each day will bring.  If we remember that we are ALL doing this life thing for the first time and give each other a little leeway, maybe our lives will be a little easier.

So, we know that life is hard simply because it's the first time for everybody.  It gets even harder when we make dumbass choices!