Another chicken and egg story!

This guy's  (with 1 missing upper limb) job  is

to transport oil and other prayer paraphernalia
up to a temple atop a  hill

So you think you had it bad. You got a bad deal. You were born at a time when the stars were aligned at the worst constellations. Think again! Others who appear happy may have endured worse.
Yet another success story to share, that is, if it is approved by the party involved...
He hated it when people referred to him as 'the pasar malam egg seller lady's son' even though it was on a positive note, usually awed by his excellent results in school. Being a small town, everybody knew each other and each other's children. He often wondered why his parents could not be like other regular parents with regular 9 to 5 jobs. Why has it got to be chicken, eggs and all the barn and feather? He also hated it when he had to give up his precious revision time to set up stall at pasar malam (night market) as early as 3pm so as to ensure their usual business area is not hijacked by others. This squabble amongst the small men was a common daily occurrence.

Cherry blossom

The increasingly raging teenage hormones propelled with desire to 'be somebody in life' were reasons for his oft common argument with his hardworking old man. The atmosphere reached a critical point that he had to leave the household to stay with his grandparents. And away he went on his mission to be somebody....
Poverty is often said to be a driving point to kindle the inner spirits to succeed. And somebody he did become, self sufficient and role model for his family.
Fast forward to the future....The fences have been mended with his parents and relationship is cordial. The friction board (i.e. money) is out of the equation, everybody has more than enough money to spread around - Parents' egg business has blossomed like Sakura on cherry blossom season and they are more than self sufficient.
Yet another happy story from the land of aplenty!
It still baffles me why different people deal with adversities of life with different ways - Some decide to indulge in self defeating negative ways, others fight the fight with tooth and claw and give fate a run for its money. Why is this so? Is it because of karma, fate, the company he keeps with, his DNA or just that inner eye of self righteousness (third eye) opens early in life before it is too late?