Tonight I watched a segment on one of the news program’s about a young footballer who was supporting a fan (who was only 17) who was recovering from a stroke.  The footballer said he would kick a footy with the young lad when he could walk.  The segment showed when they were both at the oval and the young stroke suffer kicked a gaol.  The absolute joy on the young fellas face was only matched by the smile on the young footballers face.

I liked what I saw.  The young footballer didn’t have to be involved at all but he chose to.

Then the cynic in me kicked in……

I thought the the footballer was one of the football privileged who SHOULD be putting back into the community. He was one of the people that we look up too, gets the big bucks and leads a life of privilege. I know he has worked hard for it, and has to work hard each week to make the team. I know that he is also expected to be a role model and put himself up each week he walks out onto the field.

I started to think that my cynicism was levelled at the wrong person, the wrong group of people.

What about all the politicians who earn big buck yet only appear to do things for political gain not community well being: what about the multi million dollar earning CEO’s that live a life of luxury: what about all the celebrities that make a movie or two and live a life of excess and privilege?

Suddenly I started to count the imbalance of privelege in our society and what everyone else had and what they did with it incomprison to me.

I thought I was not a person of privelege: then I started to count the things I have and not the things I don’t have. It may be about the things I need and the things I want.

I have clean water to dring, in my house.
I have good food, whenever I want.
I have shelter and clothes.
I live in a great country.
I am free.

I started to think what I had done with my privileges.

If the news program came to my place and said we want to do a story on what you have done with your privelege, what would their story report on.

Probably some weak stuff I half volunteered for in the past and all the entrepreneurial things I am going to do in the future.

I realised that we wait for the celebrities, footballers and CEO’s to show us the way… Because they should, it is their responsibility!

Maybe I should be better with my privelege and stop worrying about everyone else and start worrying about everyone else.

I am sure there is a great deal of privelege in having the choice to be a better man.