Remember What You Got

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we all forget how much there is to live for. While your over there complaining that you don't make enough money, someone is starving and just had their power shut off. While you complain that you didn't get a close enough parking spot someone else has to walk to and from work everyday because they cant afford a car. I am sorry if you take offense to this but this generation is weak. This generation is built off of feeling sorry for ourselves when things don't quite work out. Its built off of complaining about every bad thing that happens to us from the moment we wake up until we go to sleep at night. We forget that there is still good, we forget about the little things that can bring joy to our lives because we are so busy complaining about the bad. I am sick of freaking listening to it to be honest... Yes it sucks you have to be on probation, but you made the choices that led you there. Yes it sucks that your boyfriend broke up with you but maybe it wasn't meant to be and there is someone better out there for you. While you got the news that your cell phone was shut off, someone else got the news that they have cancer. It could always be worse, yes it could always be better too, but it can always be worse. Stop complaining about the little petty things that happen to you, are they fixable? Will they eventually go away? Yes. Some other peoples issues are ten times worse than yours. Think about that for a second.. 52% of Utahns are homeless, 41% of them are families and 1 out of 50 of them are school aged children. In 2015, an estimated 1,658,370 new cases of cancer will be diagnosed in the U.S. and 589,430 people will die from the disease. In 2009 a rape was reported every 9.5 hours in Utah. Salt Lake City has one of the highest average rape rates in the state at 93 per 100,000.  How big does your problems feel now? I have my down days but I always try to remember these things, I always try to remember how insignificantly small my problems are compared to others around the world. Most of my problems will go away, will fade, unlike the side effects of rape, cancer, or sleeping on the streets. It is hard for me to be proud of the generation I live in, the generation that takes pride in selfie sticks and Facebook posts. The generation who forgets how special it is to pay for the car behind you in the drive through. The generation who doesn't understand that there are bigger issues than it being a Monday or your phone breaking. Take a look around you, open your eyes and see that you are not the only one struggling, you are not the only one with problems and your problems often do not even compare to someone else's. Be humble, be helping, remember when you're in the middle of complaining about that speeding ticket or your computer not working that these things are fixable, small issues compared to that stranger you saw sleeping in a card board box, wondering when they will get their next meal. Talk about the positive things and embrace life! Stop focusing on how stressed you are and remember how blessed you are! <3

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