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I always hear "no one has an easy life", "everyone has struggles even if the struggles are invisible". etc etc....but I wonder if that's the case?
Human life is in a way a balance of your birth lottery along with choices. Some people are born into fortunate circumstances and make good choices. Other bad choices. Some born into really bad circumstances and don't seem to make too many choices that benefit them in the long run.
I just think if we can point to someone who has it really bad in many ways (blind and deaf kid in a third world country in the middle of a famine), someone who suffers physically, emotionally, etc.. Couldn't there be someone the exact opposite (healthy person born to a well off family with enough street smarts to navigate life and won't ever risk homelessness, loss of loved ones too soon, financial debts, worrying about paying the bills). Someone who's life would look on the surface, really easy?
So much would depend on definitions of "easy"...both for the person in question as well as the person who is observing them. Easy...such a subjective term.
I just think if we can point to someone who has it really bad in many ways (blind and deaf kid in a third world country in the middle of a famine), someone who suffers physically, emotionally, etc.. Couldn't there be someone the exact opposite (healthy person born to a well off family with enough street smarts to navigate life and won't ever risk homelessness, loss of loved ones too soon, financial debts, worrying about paying the bills). Someone who's life would look on the surface, really easy?
Couldn’t there be someone the exact opposite. Did you mean only the extremes? If so the answer can only be no. I cannot envision a data table that would support that theory, however I would love to see one with citations.
Loss of loved one too soon? as part the benefit package of being independently wealthy...please explain
How many equal categories would you need for the global population to validate your theory? Things aren’t black and white.
Everything's relative. Some people's lives are much easier than others, so I'd say they have easy lives. That doesn't mean they never encounter problems or struggles, but relatively speaking, their lives are much easier than others.
I knew a woman who inherited millions from her father and mother. She worked one year in her life, hired people to do everything for her. Yes she had it easy.
I always hear "no one has an easy life", "everyone has struggles even if the struggles are invisible". etc etc....but I wonder if that's the case?
Human life is in a way a balance of your birth lottery along with choices. Some people are born into fortunate circumstances and make good choices. Other bad choices. Some born into really bad circumstances and don't seem to make too many choices that benefit them in the long run.
I just think if we can point to someone who has it really bad in many ways (blind and deaf kid in a third world country in the middle of a famine), someone who suffers physically, emotionally, etc.. Couldn't there be someone the exact opposite (healthy person born to a well off family with enough street smarts to navigate life and won't ever risk homelessness, loss of loved ones too soon, financial debts, worrying about paying the bills). Someone who's life would look on the surface, really easy?
Of course there are. Trump is one. Anderson Cooper. Paris Hilton. The Kardashians. Most little rich kids like them.
Then there are those born into middle class homes but born with a high IQ and raised to be productive by loving, well adjusted parents....Bill Gates comes to mind. Never really had to struggle with much of anything. An easy life.
Just as there are those who have drawn the short straws in life, there are those who have drawn the long ones. Life isn't fair.
Not sure if this applies, but some people are much more fortunate and/or lucky than others.
I knew a beautiful young woman once who trained me on my new job that she was leaving because she wanted to take some time off with the intention of getting pregnant (by natural means, btw). She was married to a financially very successful man, so they could afford for her to do that. After I knew her for a week or so and felt comfortable enough to say this to her (she was very nice and not conceited in the least), I asked her if she was worried about having a gap in her career just in case she didn't get pregnant soon. She looked at me as if I were crazy, and sure enough -- she got pregnant in less than a month! We maintained our friendship for a little while longer until I divorced and moved away, but in the time I knew her, she did not have even one single bad thing happen to her. It was like all she had to do to get what she wanted was to wish for it.
If she hadn't been such a sweet person, I would have been very envious of her and a little resentful.
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