21st Century
December 5, 2010“We didn’t invent the wheel of suffering”
That is a quote that I made online this weekend and I stand by it. Our century is very fortunate that we don’t have to see suffering on a daily basis such as women dying giving birth, people dying from infections and starvation. We are lucky. Just a hundred years ago these were every day occurrences. I feel so grateful that we don’t have these happen right in front of our eyes.
With that said, I don’t feel like my generation knows anything about what true suffering is. We haven’t tracked across an ocean not knowing if there was anything to be found. We haven’t packed up all our belongings and moved across the United States when there weren’t even boarders. We live a pretty comfortable life honestly.
I find it laughable that my generation has forgotten what even our recent for-fathers went through, death and disease on a daily basis. We truly are lucky.
