However, everytime I see those pictures, I'm always reminded of how privileged I am and how my experience here has humbled me. I'm grateful and privileged to be born into a family where I do not have to worry about the financial standings of my family. I can choose a career path of what I want and love to do instead of being forced to do a job which I hate, but able to put food on the table. In fact in my current job, my parents still do and are able to sustain me financially as I'm a lowly paid government employee. (even though I try hard not to get financial aid from them) I'm privileged because I have a stable education background. I didn't have to study by day and work by night to sustain my family. In fact I was not allowed to do so, my sole responsibility was to study. Period. Didn't know the importance of it til I saw my kids living it. Who am I to tell them that their sole responsibility is to study when they have mouths to feed? I'm privileged because I came from a loving family, a supporting one where both parents cared for my education. I'm privileged to be who I am today, not because of my hardwork, but by the hardwork of my parents who have toiled to give us, my brothers and I, a future; a head start in life which not many people have. It's so easily taken for granted because I'm surrounded by people like me, with similar backgrounds, so it does seem normal to have these things.
Today, I'm reminded that I should be grateful for what I have, and not to covet what I do not.
