Don’t ever take anything for granted.

All too often in our society it is easy to damn the world, government, ect. For things that we do not possess before stepping back and realizing all that we have. Being able to wake up in the morning in a sheltered environment, with food within reach, and not dying from a preventable disease…. Most people in America can say that they are part of the people I just listed off (I know I am.) Yet still, we wake up and realize we have a zit on our chin, or dark bags under our eyes and curse the world over because “it’s out to get us.”

Even if the blessings you possess aren’t in the form that you had imagined they’d be, they’re still there. Maybe your family (your real true family, the people that are always there for you) are not blood. Maybe your house isn’t as big as the house next door, or maybe it isn’t even the biggest in town. Maybe your clothes come from a second hand store rather than the new hip place that just opened up in the mall. Maybe you’re a little too skinny, or a little obese, or have a big nose, or whatever it may be that is preventing you from seeing your blessings, CHANGE YOUR PERSPECTIVE! Perspective is everything in this life and all too often we (as humans) fail to realize the power that we possess. And it’s hard. I fail daily to realize the power I possess when realizing that I do have a honkin’ zit on my face, or my hair is way too frizzy to put up and I don’t have enough time to fix it. Because in this life it’s hard to realize the blessings that have been placed in our lives when we don’t have anything to compare it to. The child that grew up in the million dollar mansion isn’t going to think “I am so blessed” because that’s all he has known. To him that is normal while a large majority of the world is dreaming to be living that child’s reality.

However, while you sit in your home (whatever size or class you may classify under) know that there is someone out there searching and hoping, and struggling to have your reality. Or maybe you’re that person. Be thankful that you have the opportunity to make an effort into going after your dreams. There are children being sold into slavery or sex trafficking, or being drugged and forced into life styles they have not chosen for themselves. There are people that messed up young in life and now cannot get a job and are homeless because of it. There are vets that served our country and suffer from PTSD and now are sitting on the corner by your local grocery store. There are so many people that have suffered and tried, and cannot obtain the reality in which you live. And as I believe every individual can help in some way to make someone else’s future brighter, and urge you to realize your blessing too and to love yourself, despite your weight or hair or imperfect skin. YOU are beautiful. YOU are blessed. And I urge you to thank God (whatever that may mean to you) everyday that you can live another day to chase your dreams. And DO NOT GIVE UP. You have the opportunity to chase your dreams while someone else doesn’t and that is enough proof that you should be doing exactly what you feel passionate towards.