Late Night Musings
People who face adversity when trying to achieve their life goals are inspirational. There will always be people who, for whatever reason, face adversity and challenges that are greater than that of other people. Often times, those reasons are beyond our control. It can come in the form of lack of opportunity, lack of resources, misunderstanding from other people. A lot of that is stratified by race, which is to say that racial minorities in the U.S. and other Western countries invariably face worse odds. A lot of it also has to do with being poor, which isn’t exclusive to race and can be for historical or institutional reasons. The world is what it is and there will always be some people who have to work twice as hard to earn just as much as those who didn’t have to. Not all may be able to handle that kind of pressure, and some may break because of it But the people who do succeed in spite of the deck stacked against them turn out to be stronger people because of that adversity. The drive to achieve against incredible odds is perhaps a gift bestowed upon people who exist in terrible circumstances. Their strength gives me strength. And that is inspirational.
