Mar 2
“Whenever you feel like criticising anyone … just remember that all the people in this world haven’t had the advantages that you’ve had.”
I often return to Fitzgerald’s line in The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald and it humbles me.
The quote reminds me that the ground I stand on was not built by me alone. That access, safety, education, timing, even geography quietly shape a life long before effort does.
Whenever I feel the impulse to judge someone’s pace or choices, I pause. I remember that not everyone was handed the same margins for error, the same room to fail safely, the same doors that opened without force.
