You read about kids walking for miles, braving the heat and the rain, crossing bridges, mountains and rivers in order to get to their public schools where they spend hours in cramped classrooms (if any), with barely any suitable supplies or tools for instruction. You think about how these kids and their parents (if any) sacrifice daily so that they can get a meager education. No "pamasahe", no "baon". Just their thirst for knowledge and hope for a better future to fuel them through out their school days.
But then you see a picture of a flooded street posted by a guy on a social networking site and his comments on how he hates that he has to cross a flooded street from his high rise condo just to go to class... Or maybe read someone's scathing remarks online about her parents because they're forcing upon her an education she doesn't want...
Poles apart situations. One brings tears to my eyes, another makes me cringe.
Sometimes we need a little perspective to appreciate what we have. But it isn't just for us to feel relieved and realize how better off we are. Hopefully, we also realize that we need to share what we have and perform acts of kindness for those who need it more. [V]
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