What if?

We become impatient when the line at the supermarket is long or it takes an extra 20 minutes to get to work because of traffic. But what if you had to walk on foot an extra 10 miles through hills, mud, stray bullets and barbed wire to get to work?

We complain and get irritated when we are on the way to our holidays and the security checks at the airport take longer than 2.36 minutes. But what if you had to go through a military checkpoint and get strip searched on your way to that shitty job that earns you just enough to pay your taxi fare to get there in the first place?

We love it when we get a snow day and school is out. But can we even imagine what it feels like to be dying to go back to school?

We hate it when someone calls our house late night or the neighbors are so noisy and we cant sleep. What if you had a group of soldiers raid your house, kick you out of your bed, dump cold water on you and take your brother/father away blind folded and handcuffed at any night of the week?

We feel jealous and envy when our neighbors have a better looking christmas tree in their lawn or just bought a new car. What if your neighbors were dancing in nightclubs, drinking joyfully, and enjoying their youth while you were a prisoner at home due to the 7pm curfew surrounded by your family of 10 that share the same bedroom as you?

We love our homes to be clean and get pissed off when someone drops their salsa dip on your carpet. What if your whole house gets knocked down by a buldozer because your brother/sister could not live in 'what ifs' anymore??

What if you lived in Iraq or Palestine??????