Half Full, Half Empty- Who Cares?

Life is a weird thing, when you think about it. IF you think about it. If you don't, sometimes that's for the better. If you can convince yourself that oblivion equals happiness and forego truth, ignoring reality's harshness might have its own reward. However, if you're a thinker, an analyzer, an artist or a writer, or just have an i.q. over 90, you've probably pondered some pretty fucked up things in life.

Yesterday I was speaking with a friend who was born with an illness that has, and will continue to, challenge him both physically and mentally for the rest of his life. Understandably, on one particularly difficult day, he expressed his exasperation with living with the disease and its effects. What's amazing about my friend (besides what he's already overcome) is that in the middle of his frustration, he said, "I know people have it worse than I do...". My friend still appreciates life, and values it, despite the fact that he has dealt with more shit then so many people in this world who are stuck somewhere between ignorance, privilege, and entitlement. There is no doubt, there are ugly things in the world. Serial killers, child molesters, the African AIDS epidemic- the list is long. But just like there is bad, there is a lot of good. There's ENOUGH good- at least for most of us to appreciate what we have.

For my sorority’s senior bar tour we had tee shirts made that read, "Some ask if the glass is half full, some ask if the glass is half empty, Phi's just ask for another". It's actually a very complex statement. Shut up, it is. Its pointless to argue whether good outweighs bad or vice versa. There IS good, so what's the purpose in dwelling on the bad? Too many people focus on the world's and their own negatives, rather than the positives. And frankly, I think that sucks.