Chance distributes opportunities unevenly; character decides what happens afterward.

Circumstance hands out unequal starting positions, and pretending otherwise is dishonest. What you do inside the position you were given is still yours, and that is the part worth building. Both halves are true at once, and dropping either one leads somewhere false, either bitterness or a smugness that will not survive contact with reality.

Hold the two together this week. Give yourself credit for what you have actually done, and give other people the benefit of not knowing what they started with. It changes how you judge, in both directions.