On perspective

Sometimes we can get so caught up in our own lives that we forget what's going on in the world around us. We sit around and complain about all the things that are going wrong in our little bubble, and fail to remember that there are a lot of people that have it worse off than we do. Now it's important to know that, to some extent, this is not our fault. It's all relative- relative to our lives, some people's issues don't seem important to us and relative to the lives of others, our issues may seem minor.

However, I do think it's important to remember that there are so many people in this world- people that come from different backgrounds and are currently in different situations than ours- that aren't as fortunate as we are. We need to remember to be thankful for the opportunities we've been given and make sure not to waste them. If other people were given these same opportunities, I'm sure most would take advantage of them as much as they could. We should do the same.

I'll admit that I often get caught up in my own life and I'll worry about certain things that most of the world would consider completely immaterial. Every once in a while, though, I'll come across something that will help me put everything back into perspective and I'll realize how lucky I am to be in the situation I'm in. To be honest, I think it sucks that we have to be constantly reminded about how blessed we are and that we can't just simply remember it at all times. Yet we are human and we are flawed.

Sometimes it's just good to reflect on all of the good we have.