Know How Privileged You Are

You would have heard it often enough on how good it is to be grateful and count your blessings.

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Another take of this is to: Know how privileged you are.

Being privilege means not taking things for granted. For examples, things such as:

1. Freedom (from war or imprisonment due to unfavourable circumstances).

2. Ability to use your 5 senses of sight, sound, taste, smell and touch.

3. Education or literacy.

4. Access to the internet.

5. Opportunity to earn an income.

6. Help from family, friends and community.

7. Healthcare whenever you need it.

8. Happy tummy.

Consider, happy tummy. Imagine that your descendants migrated from a country where once upon a time there was widespread famine and abject poverty. The people were so desperate that a lot of them chose to disperse overseas and brave the raging seas so as to reach distant shores to make a living. 

Fast forward today, when they meet one another, they do not say "How do you do?', but rather they ask, "Have you eaten?".

For your further reflections, you may find the following clips by Channel News Asia to be insightful.

Click here for Inside Singapore's Only Women's Prison | CNA Insider

Click here for The Hawker's Assistant | Singapore's Elderly Poor | CNA Insider

Click here for The Ice-cream Uncle | Singapore's Elderly Poor | CNA Insider  

Click here for Why The Danes Are Happy | Conversation With | CNA Insider