RULE TO BREAK
“Some people are just born lucky”
It’s easy to want someone else’s life, to covet what they’ve got, to wish you had their skills, talents, friends, money, lifestyle. That’s because you can only see what’s on the surface – what they let you see. And you probably only notice the stuff that you envy.
When I was a lad, there was this kid in our class who did brilliantly in every subject. He was so brainy he barely had to try. Boy, did I wish I could be like him. It was several years before I realized that actually he worked a lot harder than I thought. He was bright, but not that exceptional. And the reason he worked hard was because his parents were strict disciplinarians and wouldn’t let him watch TV or go out unless he’d done the ...
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