in fact, like uber-rich kids and poor kids, they have their own struggles to reach the top: they have to fight against society's stigmatisation of averageness and the limiting bubble of their own comfort zone.
it is not a dramatic fight that oft captures the attention and sympathy of news readers, nor a luxurious lifestyle studded with opportunities that everyone envies. (in fact, life is seldom just made of either of those things i suppose..) its a muted one, an internal one but its there. how do you force yourself to keep running and running, when you are not afraid to fall behind?
writing this to myself, i think i just had an epiphany. when you dont squander away the resources given to you but make use of every opportunity, that's when you validate yourself and heck-care what other people think. self-conviction, even when no one is watching you will allow you to go the distance, climb out of your comfort zone and achieve greater things.
but first, you have to NOT SQUANDER your resources.
after all, our hopes are all the same. give yourself a chance.
in one of my favourite books 'let the circle be unbroken' by m.d. taylor, Stacey Logan talks about getting a job during the Depression, even though there are many more men older than he, in worse situations than him who also needed the job. in response to the foreman's question, he said something along the line of "we're all just trying to keep from losing what is ours. me no less than them."
that's a quote that stayed with me for a long time, and i think should continue to do so.
