Philosophical thought for the day

I often find myself thinking that life isn't fair, like God is keeping track of everything that goes on and has some sort of fairness scale to measure everything by... then somehow miraculously He/She tips the scales in our favour when we deserve it.

Did my parents teach me this, or was it from school perhaps? I really don't remember, but this notion of "fairness" really does get me down sometimes. I think it would be a lot easier to believe that there is no such thing as fair and that we don't actually "deserve" anything. If I could just somehow believe that entirely then I think I would be able to accept things way easier.