Sometimes I see those around me that seem so miserable, they hate their jobs, they hate their lives, where they are financially where they live etc. Seeing them sometimes makes me reflect on my own life with gratitude. I feel bad for them, I feel grateful for my...luck. I think that maybe they were dealt a bad hand or something must have happened in their lives to make them unable to have what I have.

I like my job A LOT. I like where I live, my life and even though there were times that it was really hard, or didn't feel good to be me at the end of the day, I took chances, and got opportunities and worked with what I had and got to the here and now. But see, when I begin to think about all that it took to get to where I am, I see some luck maybe but what I see most is my desire and drive to complete things, to knock on doors and do actions and make choices for my own well being. I see the vacations, and luxuries I gave up and the jobs I endured to study and support myself so that I could come to a place of peace.

I have noone to blame for my life except for...me really.

So my thought is this, Should I have pity and want to make it easy for someone to sit back and continue to mope through their lives? Even if it's just to listen to them whine and complain and blame others for their lot in life. OR would I be being a better person to say to them in some stern yet loving way: "I have heard what you have said, I get that you are miserable, but YOU need to do something more than complaining about it."

If I look back to where my life took a turn to the positive, it wasn't with my circle of buddies patting me on the head saying "poor you." It was when they said "Look I like you, your my friend but get over it and do something with your life ok. I don't want to hear anymore bitching about it".

To persevere is a choice of a path as much as a religion is right?