Life is Good. Really.

Life is good. I don't care what people say. I can't say it any other way.

Life isn't always fair. It isn't always a walk in the park. You can't go through life saying, "I want this, I want that," and except to receive it. But it IS the only life you will ever get on this earth. And you could always, ALWAYS be worse off than you are.

Let's say you've been stuck after hockey practice waiting for your mom to come get you but can't call her because your phone died and can't borrow someone else's because you are the last human left in the arena (even the little dust clumps have disappeared). You glance at the clock. You've been waiting for 1 hour 43 minutes. You want to scream! "UGH! Why is my life so horrible??" But imagine that you're a 10-year old girl, waiting for her mom to pick her up from school. She waits and waits and waits. Her mom never shows up. She's been killed in a car accident.

There are pains in this world that you can't even imagine. And we complain over the littlest, most insignificant things. "Oh man, I can not believe I'm paired with Agatha for that history project. Does she own anything besides that yellow t-shirt? And I'm pretty sure her last shower was when Bush was President...." While an African boy is starving and hasn't eaten in 6 days.

We have SOOOO much. But do we ever take time to stop, and say a grateful prayer.? Not nearly enough. If you've got food on your plate, a snack in the cupboard, a warm bed, a toilet, and some spare $ to spend at the movies, consider yourself lucky. You are fortunate to have what some people can't even imagine.

Why do we always focus on the negative? We put down ourselves, and bash others to build ourselves back up. Consciously or not, we all do it. Think of all the ways you limit yourself if you don't have confidence in YOU!

This world will never satisfy us, God is the only and will always be the only thing that can give us true joy. So take time to thank God for your blessings. Tell him you're grateful for the freedoms and priveleges that we don't deserve to have. Seriously.