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Throughout the years, the speaker never questioned why they were successful or happy. Now that they are ill, they wonder why they are going through this. They discuss how we often ask "why me" during our lowest points, but not during good times. They talk about feeling deserving of the good things in life and being grateful. They share a story about two marriages in one family, where one spouse is unhappy and the other is thrilled. Throughout the years, despite my success and the cups I lifted, I never asked myself, why me? Upon receiving triumph and happiness from God, I never asked myself why. And now that I have this illness, what grounds do I contest? Why am I doing this now? Frequently we only truly ask ourselves, why me, during our lowest points. Even in our good moments we could ask ourselves, why me? But this question is different from what it is in our bad moments. When the weather is nice and sunny, we don't complain, we don't grumble, we just shout. We firmly feel that we have earned all of the nice things in our lives and that we are deserving of them. People adore me for my kindness, my employer pays me a great salary because I generate results, and I was born into a wealthy family by virtue of my good karma. However, the reason people don't love me is because they lack gratitude. I should be paid more, but I'm not because no one values what I do, because my parents were incompetent, I didn't inherit anything, and so forth. Do you see the difference? In a certain family, two marriages took place at the same time to save costs in half and increase festivities by double. Their son married an artist while their daughter was married off to a doctor. After four months, someone asked the lady of the house, how's your daughter-in-law? Oh my, don't even know where to start, she murmured in frustration. She spends the entire day at home fidgeting with her thumbs. She has to go out to supper once a week. She exclusively wears makeup from particular companies. My son feels pressured by her to use his money for her clothes and trips. She really is a hassle. With sympathy, her buddy said, that's awful. I hope your daughter is content in her new home, at the very least. Wow, she's really enjoying herself. The woman spoke, her eyes beaming with happiness. She is treated like a princess by my son-in-law. He buys her only high-end branded items, never lets her work, and takes her out to dinner and the movies once a week. They have already taken three trips abroad in the past four months. She is ecstatic beyond measure.