Website owner: James Miller
The circumstances, conditions and situation of a person affects
his views, outlooks and attitudes with regard to himself,
others and life.
Examples of circumstances:
- your social position in life
- your personal wealth and financial situation
- the level of education you have achieved
- the achievements you have chalked up in your life
- your abilities, inabilities, strengths and weaknesses
- health problems and ailments you may have
- things you may be a slave to, such as alcoholism or drug
addiction
- the society and culture you are born into
To what extent are we all the same, all made from the same
pattern, cut from the same material, but differing only in the
personal circumstances that Fate, Chance and Fortune have
saddled us with? To what extent can each of us say as we look
at one of our brothers on this earth "There, but by the grace
of God, go I?" To what extent are we just a soul imprisoned in
a body and a set of circumstances? To what extent are we
basically alike in soul and differing only in circumstances?
Aren't we all just alike in a very basic way? Isn't that why
we can feel such empathy for our fellow man? To what extent
are we just like our friendly, lovable little pet dog Fido,
except for those personal circumstances that separates us (i.e.
we are imprisoned in different bodies)?
To what extent do we create our own circumstances and
situation in life by the way we live life, by the way we
conduct ourselves in life? To what extent are we just victims
of circumstances? To what extent are we masters of our own
destiny?
Mar 1985
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