Quote:I was born here because both of my parents made bigger sacrifices to work hard and make it to America. My Mothers family spent 18 years working in Columbia so my grandfather could get his green card and finance their journey to Tampa FL. My Dad's family left everyone they new in Canada so my grandfather could pursue a better paying job in a battery factory in Tampa than he was making in the coal mining in Canada. It wasn't luck, generations of my family have worked to give me a better starting point than they had, now I'm doing the same for my children. 

 

It's not luck, it's sacrifice, even when sometimes you're not going to be the immediate beneficiary.

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Honorable parents.

 

 

For the record, despite my own hard work and God-given abilities, I enjoy the same lucky benefit and it's my biggest blessing.

 

 

That, my friend, IS incredible luck.  In fact, it's just about the most fortunate event anyone can have in their lives.  You were born to them, and you had nothing to do with that.  You just got lucky.  It's OK to say it.

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