From an old journal entry, dated March, 18, 1996
How did we get so lucky, anyhow? We get to wear designer
heels and be picky about wine. Eat too much chocolate and complain about
it afterward. We feel like royalty on good days and we fight to keep
our royal standing by marrying up or climbing the corporate
ladder. We have short tempers and high standards because we're busy, busy people with important goals! We have things to accomplish! Places to shop! People to impress! But we royals forget how lucky we
are. Hot running water and electric lights; telephones and televisions; and lots and lots to eat. We cry in frustration over our hairdos. Bad Hair Days, we call them, and god forbid we have one of those! And too bad
about our fat and flabby thighs and high-cholesterol... Didn't I mention how busy we are? We just don’t have the enough time to take
care of ourselves. Meanwhile, in too many parts of the world, too many people spend minute
by agonizing minute trying to take care of themselves, yet unable to do
so. No Shelter. No food. No water. No medicine. No beauty
salons.
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