How do we come to terms with the inequality present in our reality? I just got back from Costa Rica, after spending an entire week there and I have some reflections that I’d like to share.
This was my first trip outside of Canada for which I was fully awake and aware of what was going on around me. I mean, I have travelled to Pakistan (where I am originally from) in the past, but I was much younger then and didn’t have the ability yet to reflect much on what I was experiencing. When I was younger, it was easy for me to brush off unfair situations because when I looked around, the adults weren’t bothered and to me that meant that it was normal and must therefore be okay (such as when we visited a family member and they had a 10 year old live-in maid working for them day and night). Only now I am coming to realize how much these experiences have shaped me.
It’s tough to be confronted with your own life’s abundance when face to face with those who have so much less. But, it is also a great opportunity to renew your sense of gratefulness towards your current life situation.
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