Like you had a choice

[Dave's Not Here Man]

Got everything I worked for.

Or

Did the best I could with what I had.

[minx]

And it's never

I wouldn't be here without the hard work of others who never met me, but were compassionate enough to think of people like me and give us a hand up.

[Dave's Not Here Man]

Don't remember the exact coordinates of where my head was at. Somewhere between asking the question about where I have been and where I'm going. Stupid shit like predetermined outcomes vs the aforementioned reference to choices. Choices matter or don't they? And still at the end of the day you don't know anything about choices you've never had and pressed forward hoping to reach a place to rest to call home and to accept there's literally no other choices to make. Choices that may or may not have already been chosen for you.

Blah blah blah, the difference I was trying to draw, is between who succeeded and who failed in ordinary ways (didn't cause the worlds economy to crash) and see their circumstances as is vs what they thought they should have.

[minx]

I think that choices matter. But at the same time, some people get a better menu of choices than others.

That's where I was going with my comment - those who ignore that someone else's hard work gave them the choice that others don't have access to. Then they blame those without that choice for not being as successful as they are.

See Thomas, Clarence and Carson, Ben for examples.