Quite a touching piece of writing. It reminds me of my very own existence in a small city in Nigeria. Life is tough, generally, here where I am. Sometimes I feel like I'm in the wrong place - the culture of my people is a big hindrance to socioeconomic progress. Poverty is firmly entrenched in the fabric of society and there is always gloom hovering in the horizon.
Down here where I'm living, people typically live on less than $2 per day - most people cannot afford to eat three times a day. Life here is nasty, brutish and short - a sad example of what a Hobbesian society looks like.
No, I think I had a worse Monday than you!
The thing about experiences is that they are subjective. To me, this is a bad day. To you, it seems like paradise. But, if you were in my position you would think and feel the same way.
Just as I might find a richer person complaining about something that's made their day bad, I can complain about how something made my day bad, and how something made your day bad, and it does not make any of our feelings any less valid. Otherwise we might as well compare ourselves to dead people, because, hell, they're dead and can't benefit from anything or be happy.
The same thing could be said for happiness. If someone in a better situation than you can't say they're having a bad day, can a person in a bad situation say they're having a good day? Because, I mean, they're in an absolutely horrible situation and comparatively their day will never be as good as someone in a better situation.
I've been through my fair share of 3rd world countries with entrenched poverty so I know how good I have things compared to them, but everyone, no matter how rich or poor they are have good and bad days. The best thing to do is to offer comfort and work toward a better future.
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