Why do we take amazing things in life for granted?
The video “Most Shocking Second a Day Video” created by Save The Children follows a young girl who becomes a Syrian refugee. The girl blows out 9 candles on her birthday, surrounded by her friends and family in a nice home with a big smile on her face. She is living the ideal life, playing soccer, eating chocolates, wearing lipstick, learning recorder… but as her days progress some conflict is occurring and the news and radio began to speak of war. All of the sudden the girl’s parents bring her somewhere to hide, as they try to survive off of minimal water and medicine. She then gets brought around in a car trying to escape, dodging gun shots and wearing a gas mask. Her dad gets taken away from her so the girl and her mother find different hiding spots and try to find food. At the very end there is a clip of her mother singing happy birthday to her, with one little dish accompanied by a lonely candle. Humans take everything for granted, and we must be eternally thankful because we are surviving in this constant conflict. This video shows that humans have unbelievable capabilities to survive hardships so we must be thankful for every piece of joy we can grasp.