/ privilege.txt
privilege.txt
 1  One might be fortunate enough to encounter a document called "Declaration of Human Rights" which starts as following:
 2  "Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration, without distinction of any kind, such as [...]."
 3  Those who might then wonder about the meaning of such "entitlement, might appreciate these words:   
 4  "Entitlement is the belief that I am exempt from responsibility and I am owed special treatment."    
 5  Those who might hold such a belief might appreciate the following warning:
 6  "Entitlement and privelege corrupt."    
 7  Those who might then wonder about the difference between such entitlement and privilege, might appreciate these words:    
 8  "What separates privilege from entitlement is gratitude."    
 9  Those who might then start to appreciate one's own privilege of being protected by our ancestors and kins, might appreciate the following insight:    
10  "We owe our children – the most vulnerable citizens in any society – a life free from violence and fear."    
11  Those who did not have such privilege might be tempted to envy others who did have the privilege. Those might appreciate the following warning:
12  "He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind."    
13  Those who seek such a peace of mind, might appreciate these words:    
14  "You find peace not by rearranging the circumstances of your life, but by realizing who you are at the deepest level."
15  Those who seek to realize one might at such a level, might appreciate the following mantra:
16  "We are all on the way to Pro."