put it in perspective
So sometimes, shit happens, and we all like to have a little bitch and moan about it. I know I'm guilty of making a big fuss about the little things. I know I like someone to pat me on the back and woefully agree that I'm hard done by, to gratify me with pity and make me feel like I'm perfectly justified in my whinging.
But I think that this year, I'm going to make the effort to put things in perspective before I decide that I'm the victim of a world that clearly hates me, and that I should just go and die because life's not worth living x3 ;P.
Here's a little something to put things in perspective for you, too:
We have a friend in Fiji. He's a young guy who lives in a little village with his aunts and uncles and cousins. His biggest dream in the whole of the world, is to come to Australia to be with my little sister, whom he loves like there's no tomorrow (it was a little wierd at first... xDD).
His mother died when he was a baby.
His father died a few years ago in a terrible car accident.
He was kicked out of his house after his uncle accused him of giving a horse to a stranger.
And just last week, he was hit by a car that swerved to avoid his cousins who were playing in the road.
He won't go to the doctor because he's scared of getting a needle (last time he went, he got one in his bum xDD), and he's been coughing up blood since.
But just yesterday, we talked to him on the phone, and he was laughing and joking like nothing was wrong (despite the occasional fit of coughing x___x;;.)
I don't know about you, but every single one of my problems pale into complete and total insignificance next to the things he's been through. People like him, you will rarely ever catch them without a smile on their face no matter what, because at the end of the day, sometimes that smile is all they have.
And somedays I don't even want to TRY to smile because I don't feel like the world deserves to see it. But now I'm going to try, because I really truly appreciate my life, good and bad, and while things can be hard sometimes, I wouldn't have it any other way. I am a lucky, lucky girl with a wonderful, supportive, loving family, and I have more opportunities ahead of me than I know what to do with.
So next time you want to bury your head in your sand because something's gone wrong, stop and have a think about it. It is REALLY that bad? Don't make mountains out of mole-hills.
This is aimed at everyone and no-one <3.
Smile, bbs!
But I think that this year, I'm going to make the effort to put things in perspective before I decide that I'm the victim of a world that clearly hates me, and that I should just go and die because life's not worth living x3 ;P.
Here's a little something to put things in perspective for you, too:
We have a friend in Fiji. He's a young guy who lives in a little village with his aunts and uncles and cousins. His biggest dream in the whole of the world, is to come to Australia to be with my little sister, whom he loves like there's no tomorrow (it was a little wierd at first... xDD).
His mother died when he was a baby.
His father died a few years ago in a terrible car accident.
He was kicked out of his house after his uncle accused him of giving a horse to a stranger.
And just last week, he was hit by a car that swerved to avoid his cousins who were playing in the road.
He won't go to the doctor because he's scared of getting a needle (last time he went, he got one in his bum xDD), and he's been coughing up blood since.
But just yesterday, we talked to him on the phone, and he was laughing and joking like nothing was wrong (despite the occasional fit of coughing x___x;;.)
I don't know about you, but every single one of my problems pale into complete and total insignificance next to the things he's been through. People like him, you will rarely ever catch them without a smile on their face no matter what, because at the end of the day, sometimes that smile is all they have.
And somedays I don't even want to TRY to smile because I don't feel like the world deserves to see it. But now I'm going to try, because I really truly appreciate my life, good and bad, and while things can be hard sometimes, I wouldn't have it any other way. I am a lucky, lucky girl with a wonderful, supportive, loving family, and I have more opportunities ahead of me than I know what to do with.
So next time you want to bury your head in your sand because something's gone wrong, stop and have a think about it. It is REALLY that bad? Don't make mountains out of mole-hills.
This is aimed at everyone and no-one <3.
Smile, bbs!