Everytime I look back into my life, I see sacrifice. I see sacrifices made by my mother and my father. Today, I see sacrifices made by my husband. All these to give me a better life. To fulfill what I need in life. The selfless love, that is so overwhelming, without any benefit of their own. This is what drives me today. To make my life extraordinary. I have been given too much to return little back. This is what helps me move ahead and be upfront with what I want to achieve in life, to build an empire. An empire where for someone else's dreams another doesn't have to sacrifice their own joy. Where generational compromises come to an end. An end to the life of mediocrity and to the start of prosperity. Nothing comes in easy so today, I may just think about what I want but tomorrow or a year from now I will be closer to my goal.
Most of us out here aren't lucky enough to be a TV personality, Youtube star or a soccer player who make millions with their effort and skills. We are ordinary people who work day in and out to make ends meet. To save that extra $50 we don't go out every weekend. We work and budget to survive. Every bill paid, every expense is well calculated. We are people who sweep streets, we sell flowers on the roadside. We work and we study as well. We do volunteer job to gain experience. We settle for a 9-5 because it keeps our family safe. It provides health coverage. We are not scared of life but we are not selfish to make ourselves the first priority. The safety net can fail anytime and the entire weight of our family, your family falls on those shoulders of a husband, a father, a mother, a brother. The ones who goes out to hustle every morning. Taking those extra shifts to make extra bucks to buy those skateboard or pay the school fee or arrange for his sisters wedding. To pay off those student loans, to afford to buy a second hand car.
Life is full of compromises and sacrifices for so many of us. We give up on what we really want because we have to fulfill the need of not just us but our family as well. He puts a pause on his plans to start a business because his family needs his monthly salary so they can still have a house. She avoids every outing with her friends because it would mean extra expense. They work hard in silence, without complaints and with blink of an eye, years pass by.
How long does the sacrifice for us ordinary people last. How long will it take us to get out of this race and be peaceful. How long will it take us to transit from ordinary to extraordinary? We don't really know because every person is not Mark.Z but every other one is a just Mark who works for his family, a Sarah who studies and works to make life better for her family. We can hope for miracle and hope that as time goes by things will get easier. When exactly? No one knows but one day for sure. Till then, the hustle will continue.
PS; my warmest hug and respect goes out to every person out there who works every day for long hours in heat and cold to make money to support their family. For every person who sacrificed their youth, their peace and their dreams to make dreams of their spouse and child and family come true. You are not ordinary, You are rare and You are appreciated.
