how`s the world treating you?

How`s the world treating you? In the week that the world has said good–bye to the towering figure of Nelson Mandela, it seems timely to re–visit this question that is sometimes asked as a casual introductory greeting, and became a song title. If Nelson Mandela had been asked the question he would have had plenty of material to draw on for complaint, but of course he would not have used any of it. More likely he might have paraphrased that legendary line from JFK`s inauguration speech, and said "Ask not how the world`s treating you, but how are you treating the world?" That`s a different way to look at the world, could be world–changing, but will certainly transform our own lives, it`s a choice we can make.