"If there is no struggle, there is no progress." - Frederick B. Douglas

Normally I don't just sit down and type. Normally I contemplate on what I want to say, and go from there. But right now, I'm just going to type. Sometimes I wonder why things happen the way they do. Why some people are born into a family of pure wealth, and never have to truly work for anything they earn, and why some are born into poverty, with a less than average chance to get out. I consider myself to be somewhere in the middle. By no means do I think my life has been overly difficult; it hasn't. But when I see people that have been handed most things in their life on a platter, bitch and moan over something little not going exactly as planned... that is the kind of thing that bothers me. Now I naturally know that everyone has bad days, and it is human nature to get down, or feel sorry for yourself from time to time, but please look in the mirror, and then look around. And by look around, I don't mean at somebody you know that may have it a little worse than you. I mean look at the people in Japan today, who woke up expecting an average day. Most of them don't have a home to go to, and some have lost loved ones. The devestation is something that it will take years to recover from, if they ever truly do. Look at the people of New Orleans, who in 2005 had their entire world turned upside down by hurricane Katrina. Some of them still haven't been able to move back home, nearly 6 years later. Look at all the helpless kids of the world, who are born into a terrible situation that they had no control over. I by no means am trying to sound holier than thou... because I am not. There are days when I get down on myself, and think that the world owes me something. It doesn't. Every time that God blesses us with another day, that should be enough. I know we live in a world of material things, and that the more money you have, the higher your pedestal. But to be honest, if I can make one person a day happy... If I can make one person smile while going through a tough time, then that's enough for me. Of course there are going to be trials and tribulations all through life. If we didn't go through struggles, we would never know what true happiness felt like. So I guess this is my rant for the week, not at anyone in particular, but at all of us, myself very much included. I can only live my life, and speak for myself, but I can honestly say I am going to attempt to be as happy as possible at every moment. Truly happy. God is great. Life is great. Let's treat it like so. One Love.