"What a long, strange trip it's been...."

I often wonder about people's motives. What on earth makes us do and say the things we do? What develops our perspectives on things? What makes are attitudes? Are we born as pacifists or pessimists? Or do we develop our outlook on life as we live it; forever altering the way we see the world by that variable itself?

It seems so easy to be happy. Well, not to be happy but to realize that you don't have it that bad. No matter how crappy your life may seem at the time.. there's someone else going through worse, has seen worse, or soon will be in deeper shit than you. Most people can just look at some of their closest friends and thank all supernatural powers that they never had to go through that. Maybe eventually there does come a point where there will be own person who has no one to turn to. No one who is worse than them. But I don't think that's any of us.. or in our time.. or in this country.

Happiness is relative.

Existence isn't futile either... self-pity is. We're all here for a reason.. to do something, accomplish something, learn something, teach someone something, to be humbled, to be admired, to be loved. If we wallow in our own tears over our own lives, we miss out on so many opportunities to do what we're here to do. If we stopped wasting time worrying about the bad. If we stopped pushing each other so hard; stopped pushing ourselves beyond the non-existant limits and just breathed the air, smelled the flowers, and counted the stars... we'd all be a little better off.

The best way to live life is not to spend all the time worrying that you are living it right.. or not getting a fair shake... it's all up and down... the down's give you a better perspective and humble you for the up times. The up times are the highlights..enjoy them while there around.

Life's not futile. Don't waste the little you got worrying it is.
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Song(s) to d/l: Joy to the World - Three Dog Night (one of my faaaaavorites)
We're Not Gonna Take it - (Unknown)
Every time - Fisher