I grudgingly wake up at 5 AM and curse that I've an early morning flight... But there's my maid who woke up at 4:45 AM to make me tea and the driver who woke up at 330 AM to get home in time to drive me to the airport...
I try to sleep in the uncomfortable chairs at the airport lounge as my flight's gotten delayed. Once again i curse and fret... But there's a multitude of people who have never slept in an air-conditioned environment let alone had the fortune of catching a plane to travel between two places...
I've been ridiculously fortunate. A great family. Abundant intelligence. A fabulous education. Real friends. and so much more... and to think in some way it all started with me being born into my family. And then on, every moment in life.
I wonder what would have been me if I had been born on the streets. Or if I had been born to a less loving family. I look around sometimes and see people in various situations... would they have been like me if they had been born in my family? or given the same opportunity?
Even you (who can read, have a computer or at least access to one... and definitely a whole lot more) have walked away with more chips than you started with at this roulette.
I guess its fair to say life's unfair.
I can't really say why we deserve this fortune. And others not. But I guess what's really important is what we do with it...
I try to sleep in the uncomfortable chairs at the airport lounge as my flight's gotten delayed. Once again i curse and fret... But there's a multitude of people who have never slept in an air-conditioned environment let alone had the fortune of catching a plane to travel between two places...
I've been ridiculously fortunate. A great family. Abundant intelligence. A fabulous education. Real friends. and so much more... and to think in some way it all started with me being born into my family. And then on, every moment in life.
I wonder what would have been me if I had been born on the streets. Or if I had been born to a less loving family. I look around sometimes and see people in various situations... would they have been like me if they had been born in my family? or given the same opportunity?
Even you (who can read, have a computer or at least access to one... and definitely a whole lot more) have walked away with more chips than you started with at this roulette.
I guess its fair to say life's unfair.
I can't really say why we deserve this fortune. And others not. But I guess what's really important is what we do with it...
