You are a good person because you have been privileged enough

One thing I keep realizing every passing day is how I am a "nice" person because I'm very privileged, in every sense possible.

For example, in my good days, it's easier to be kind to others. On my difficult days, I may lose my temper once a while. Now imagine the life of people to whom the life has never been kind. They'll always be frustrated, anxious, angry. And it's make sense for them because they have always had a difficult life. Being on the lowest circles, and all the privileged ones exploiting you, and shouting at you, disrespecting you and still paying you less. Won't the life sound frustrating then?

And then I had been privileged in terms of facilities and luxurious. If I had not have the privilege of getting proper food and roof, I would have to have indulged in small crimes like stealing. Or would have probably done drugs, and gambling, and anything that might have looked like an escape from such a miserable life.

And on some days, I take pride in my ability to reason. How I have the mind to question things and use logic, and see the "right" side. But I overlook the fact that I can logically and religiously think, because I have been provided with all sorts of necessary education. Be it school or religious education. I've been exposed to humanities related subjects, teaching to ask right questions. What's the hype in a kid who can calculate 1+1 when he has been taught HOW to do it, literally spoon fed with all the knowledge. The hype is when the person wasn't provided the formal education and is still good at calculations. I usually used to criticize the life of my grandparents who followed patriarchy their entire life because they weren't provided the right sort of knowledge. They didn't call out the bad behaviour, they followed the herd, because somewhere no one taught them.

The purpose of this post is to highlight the fact how easily we think we are "better" than the others, but we overlook the factors that make up their personalities and ours. So during the day of Judgment, I may have all "Jannah" worthy attributes, still a person who might be short tempered, indulging in all sort of bad lifestyle, taking all sort of bad decisions in life might be a "better" person than me. Because it's easier to be rich when you had all sort of resources being spoon fed to you at your hands, but if you had none, the fact that you are trying your best compensates for all of your failed outcomes.

Inshort, it doesn't matter where you are now as a person, but the fact how well you are making out of the provided resources. Are you trying your best to be a good person? Are you coming out of your comfort zone to be the better person than you are right now?