Fortune is cruelly compassionate. Over there, someone is born into
the lowliest caste of untouchables, forever relegated to the bottom regardless
of personal potential. Over here, a talentless trust-fund recipient rises to
prominence for doing nothing in particular.
Someplace between lies existential justice. In this space, the
daughter of an immigrant day laborer finishes school and builds a great
business. A barefoot toddler on a dirt-and-rubble field kicks his way to the
World Cup. The oldest, ugliest mongrel at the kill shelter gets adopted.
We need these righteous success stories to balance out the Anne
Franks and Kim Kardashians of the world. To remind us that life is fair
sometimes.
And that it’s worth sticking around to see how it all ends up.
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