upbeat #2

Second takeawy from upbeat:

Do remember in the grand scheme of things you are lucky enough to have the opportunity to think and do something about it. More than half the people in the planet don’t have that opportunity. They have been living in recession-like conditions since their birth and probably live like that throughout their life. You have been given the biggest gift of your life- your ability to THINK and do something about your current and future situations. Be grateful for that. Be grateful that you have come this far with whatever resources you had under your disposal. Like I said, more than half of the people in the world cannot even dream of the fraction of resources hat you have had until now (46).

This thought is probably worth the $11 and the 45 minutes required to read the book. I can be so guilty of forgetting the idea that I actually have the freedom and opportunity to think of how the future can be different. To plan something that could work. To learn from a failure. To think of how to change something or some plan. Because I have clean water, make more than $2 a day, access to education, and so much, more I am afforded the opportunity to think about other problems, and perhaps, fail to spend more time with those more basic problems.