We Were Not Born Just to Survive
We Were Not Born Just to Survive Marc Reflects I have come to believe that many of us—especially in places where struggle is normalized—are trained to aim low, not out of laziness, but out of necessity. We survive because survival is the immediate task, not because it is the full story of what we were meant to be. I’ve seen this pattern in the lives of youth who hustle daily with no margin for rest, in mothers who stretch every coin and every prayer, in children raised to be quiet, respectful, and unquestioning—because questioning hunger, rent, or pain feels like complaining against life itself. But what if we pause and ask: Were we really born just to survive? This reflection is not just about me. It’s about us—those of us renting dreams, raising children in scarcity, starting businesses with zero capital, or carrying childhood wounds like invisible luggage. I write this for the ones who are tired of simply making it through and feel the ache of wanting more. The Po...