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[quote=Anonymous]I’m reminded of the short story “Pig Will and Pig Won’t” by Richard Scarry. To a point, life is what you make it and you reap what you sow.

However, certain things that are “unlucky” can set off a chain of events that snowball into much more positive or negative things.

As a child, I had multiple surgeries and had permanent hearing loss that was never addressed due to my parents limited resources. I was funny looking, introverted, and “difficult”, and my mom didn’t like me. At school I struggled to make friends and developed a negative outlook and just assumed people wouldn’t like me, so I guarded myself by keeping to myself. I still have a hard time with things like networking etc. but I have carved out a career for myself by becoming very technically proficient and creative. 
Meanwhile, my younger brother was born cute and healthy. My mom loved him. Everything seemed to go well for him. He always had friends and never struggled with low self confidence. What a coincidence, he is now highly successful! 
I don’t begrudge him that, and he knows I had it so much harder. But it can be hard to keep self confidence when one has an underlying sense of being undeserving due to a run of bad luck.[/quote]

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