Judgement call....

I had one of those moments today.  You know the moment.  The one where you are pulled up short from your way of thinking, because you are slapped in the face with another reality that is completely different than what you thought, all in the course of a casual conversation.

It is so very easy for me to slip into a mind frame where someone else's facade is all there is.  They have more money.  They are more successful.  Their life is easier because X, Y, or Z has happened for them, and it hasn't happened for me.  I am not really resentful.  I am usually happy for them that they have a better life.  But I also figure they haven't walked in my shoes, so they just don't understand how I think or feel, and how I got there.