Life is shitty sometimes….there’s no doubt about it. When it rains it pours and when you don’t think it could possibly get any worse you bomb an exam, you get laid off, and the Arizona Department of Revenue sends you a bill for 700 that you have to pay knowing it’s probably going to shit. When I get in this mood I have a terrible outlook on life…I think everyone’s an asshole and there’s no hope because life is just an endless series of unfortunate events. Eventually I get out of this mood because I remind myself of the few things…
1) The chances of actually being born are about .000000000001%, the fact that we’re even on this Earth should be considered a miracle
2) With every possible birth abnormality I could’ve been born with there was none. I could’ve been born with a mental disorder that wouldn’t allow me to type this, I could’ve been born without kidneys or with some blood disease that wouldn’t have allowed me to live past the age of 3, with my own genetics I actually had a 10% chance of being born with autism…but I wasn’t…I was born perfectly healthy
3) I was born in a country that allows me to succeed. I could’ve been born in Africa where I might’ve died of dysentery or starvation, I could’ve been born to the lowest caste in India where the only ways to make a living would be to clean up sewers or bury the dead….but I wasn’t….I was born in the U.S. to amazing parents who gave me every opportunity imaginable (well not every opportunity but pretty damn close). I’m not saying America is perfect (far from it) but we’re all damn fortunate…
I am pretty fucking lucky….and so are you. Truth be told I have never known true pain or loss, and while I believe I have worked very hard to get where I am at, I am truly blessed. I’d imagine if you’re reading this you are too. You live in a country that gives you the opportunity to become whatever you want to be, to achieve insurmountable success but it’s entirely up to you. You have the power, the will, and the intelligence to get where you want to be….but you have to realize that most aspirations aren’t fulfilled without persistence and hard work. In the grand scheme of things those shitty little happenstances are blips in your life story, and most can be easily preventable and often times simple to fix. I’m not saying your problems will fix themselves, they won’t, they’ll usually get worse if you don’t address them...fuck….now I forgot where I was going with this….all I’m saying is your blessed…you all are in some way, so you quit your complaining and get to work. If you hate your job get a new job, if you’re too fat stop eating shitty food, and if you hate your boyfriend break up with the prick, and if you’re broke get a second job or start selling all the useless shit you have….and I know you have a bunch of shit….it’s all in your hands and you are the only person you can count on to fix YOUR issues so get to work.
