Just because fate doesn't deal you the right cards, it doesn't mean you should give up. It just means you have to play the cards you get to their maximum potential.
The real wisdom here isn't that you should try harder—it's that complaining about your starting position costs energy you could spend improving it. Les Brown cuts through the false comfort of blaming circumstance by insisting the game itself is winnable *right now*, with what sits in front of you. A person born without family wealth can't change that fact, but they can notice which skills compound fastest in their actual situation, which doors their particular background quietly opens. The distinction matters because it stops you from waiting for better cards while your current hand grows stale in your grip.
“The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson“We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achie...”
Maya Angelou“The wound is the place where the light enters you.”
Rumi“A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.”
Lao Tzu