Its easy, when things don't go our way in life to think "why me?" A few years ago a friend of mine was diagnosed with cancer and when we were talking he said, "you know people expect you to have the attitude of why me? But I think why not me, why should I not go through difficult things" Since then occasionally that thought comes back to me.
Recently I have been realising how hard things are for some of my colleagues and friends, the daily struggle to feed their families, to provide heat during the bitterly cold winters and to keep healthy. It has made me think about "why not me?" Why was I born into a UK family, where I got free quality education, with enough to eat and the ability to keep warm, and good health care (whatever you think of the NHS it is a luxury).
I don't have an answer to why not me, and why someone else but I am trying to learn to be grateful for the privilege I have and be empathetic to those without, and work towards making the world a fairer place to be.
