I'm just kind of fed up with the way that things have been going in this new year of 2009. It makes me really sad because everyone I know is sad, or angry, or whatever. It kind of pisses me off too. What do any of us have to be upset about? We're in high school, we live in a NYC suburb on Long Island, we don't have serious problems. There are tons of people in the world that are way worse than me or anyone I know. And I know people know this, they just mope and complain anyway. Instead of wasting energy complaining, get out and do something! If people devoted half the time they spent complaining (including myself, as you can see from this journal entry) towards bettering themselves and others, everyone would be so much better off. Some may call me naive just because I'm not world weary, but personally I love my life and I don't see a reason that anyone else should be upset with theirs. Obviously, I don't know anything about what other people are going through, but still...grow up people. Stop complaining like spoiled 3 year olds about how difficult life is and start changing your life. If you don't like it, CHANGE! It's really not that difficult people. I just don't see the problems that other people see I guess. Maybe if we all could stop looking for problems and start looking for opportunities and solutions we'd be much happier. Myself included; I spend way too much time pondering the problems of other people that need my help. I enjoy helping people but sometimes you need to listen to yourself. Listen to your head, your heart, your body and you'll find out much more about yourself. Read, learn something! You'll be that much happier for it. Spend your time improving your situation instead of drowning your sorrow in your draught of choice. Instead of poking fun at those of us who have ideals and standards that we wish to live by, try and find yourself a reason to live. Better yet, find yourself a reason to die. Life is cheap, people will live for anything. Be it food, drink, drugs, money, women, God, whatever...you can find quite the number of things you would live for. Better yet is to try and find something that you would die for...friends, family, a loved one, God...These are the things that you will always have no matter what, this is what is the most important to you and this should be your focus. Follow your heart, follow your dreams. Trust in yourself. You will find what you are looking for. If anyone was offended by this (I don't know why you would be, because this journal is by no means a personal attack...It's just a general rant...) then I'm sorry I offended you. I still hope you listen to me, and I hope that anyone that is feeling hopeless, lost, tired...I hope that they can find something in here that will help them in some way, and I hope that they can find a way to help themselves out of their current lethargic state and be happy. Good luck to those who need it.