Life On A Silver Platter

We all work hard for what we want. When we acquire such things that we have worked hard for, we appreciate and cherish them even more.

I have been told on a number of occasions that I was born with a golden spoon in my mouth, and chances are I was. I will admit that I am used to a certain standard of living, however, I don't look down on those who do not have what I have, nor do I only associate with persons of my "class" and higher.

With that being said, I still understand and appreciate working hard for something I want. We hear this being said all the time and it's true: we live in an instantaneous world. We want everything now now now. Click of a mouse, snap of a finger, blinking of an eye we want it all in an instant. How many people still plan out their life and their hopes and dreams and how they can obtain it? How many people still think to themselves okay I like this company, I want to work there. I will get a job wherever I can and do some training, make a good name for myself within the company and move up the ranks within the company? Some people believe that I must have it all in an instant and poof I'm not suppose to mingle with others of lower or lesser stature than myself.

We create segregation and divisions in the world because of things like that. What stops you the one with the money from working your way up the ladder just like me without? What stops you with the degree from working the same place me without a high school diploma? In the end we may be different places, but what stops us from starting the same place?

Live life big. Dream even bigger. But work hard. Be grateful for what you have been given. Sometimes we need hardship to make us appreciate the good times even more. If you always have water running in your pipes at your home, wasting it like it will always be there. The day, or week, or month that you go without, hopefully, when it returns your attitude towards it would have change. You would appreciate and cherish it. You will think of ways to conserve and preserve it, for yourself, and for others.

Think about it if you never have. Take time to enjoy everything.

"In the darkest hour there is still something to be grateful for."- Shani Victorin