“They had left England where when a person is born (created) he is destined to be royalty or not. In America there is no royal bloodline, therefore “equal”.”
I had read that idea many months ago. The writer made a good argument for it, and it made sense.
One of my earliest lessons to my kids was “Life isn’t fair”.
Sadly it came back to bite me. We have helped our kids out through various hardships from time to time. They have never asked for help - we just offer it and they gladly accept it. Some more than others.
Well - until we tried to recently help one out.
“Well - it’s not like it is going to solve the problem!”
“No - but at least it will get you headed in the right direction.”
“I need to do this on my own!!”
“Everybody needs a little help once in awhile. We have helped your siblings out here and there - now it is your turn. It probably would be good for us to try to keep things equal and fair too between you - so let us help.”
“Fair!? You know life isn’t fair!”
“Well, um, yeah - but that’s not to say we can’t try to do our part to make it a bit more fair.”
(She finally did relent and accepted half of what we offered her to help her out of a jam.)
Wow! That’s a good kid you raised — “a good head on her shoulders”, as the saying goes.