An Accident of Birth

Really a great words :) No one can ever chose the place and the time he born. I see that message as a reminder for us, that we shouldn't be much proud with our background. It's just an accident. It's not something that we can be proud of.. At this time, only our great attitude and our contribution to world that we should think about.. And it is not about our background.. Nice share. :)

I have to say ur words are really emotional and sounds reasonable. We can never choose our place and time to be born, and whose family we will be born. But I think that's the true beauty of life, you don't have to worried about ur life and destiny because they r unpredictable, u just have to face it and sove it.

We are very lucky in that respect but unfortunately it is our very luck that seems to make us feel superior to all those born to less fortunate backgrounds. It is so sad that so many lucky people fail to pity those not so lucky. There are so many children dying of starvation these days and it should not happen. If the lucky ones shared their luck instead of hoarding it and greedily grabbing for more then maybe there would not be so many suffering in the world.

It is a shame when people don't realize how good they have it. My life has not been an easy road but I remember my grandfather always saying..just remember Jenny...there is always someone out there with it tougher than you...imagine if you were in their shoes for a moment before you complain about where you are at. It is hard for people to see both sides of the fence sometimes when they have never really had to deal with it. A perception can be a narrow thing sometimes.

I strongly agree with you.All lifes are born by accident.And I stick to this simple truth.

Many of us are born lucky, just as many of us are born unlucky. This I understand, and accept. We should acknowledge that what we consider our superiority is nothing more than the result of our good fortune. What this means, I guess, is that we need some humility. This is also accepted. Our attitude towards the less fortunate should be more compassionate, with a will and a desire to help. This is acceptable, in theory. I say in theory because it is almost impossible to put it into practice. How do you do it? Where do you even begin? Do you simply donate, and hope it gets to the right people? Do you reach out personally to individuals? This one-to-one aid can be pretty risky. It may be taken in a condescending manner. There is the in-born resentment of the down-trodden towards the fortunate. The whole business is fraught with peril. Where does that leave us? Do we simply acknowledge all this and continue with our lives? I say all this because it seems that we must somehow feel guilty of our good fortune. And there is also the fact that what appears as good fortune on the outside isn't all that great on the inside. What we have is material plenty. But some of us are probably more unfortunate in our personal lives than many of the less well off that we consider less fortunate. I've done nothing but raise difficulties, without offering any solutions. This is for the simple reason that I really see no solution, except to let things unfold they way are meant to. I trust in fate more than I trust my own judgement.