Modern life

Sometimes in life we find ourselves lost and confused. We don’t know where to turn, what to do, or how to fix things. There is a domino effect that launches us further into this state of confusion, where desperation seems a constant. Poor choices, wrong turns, confused thoughts all lead us to feel as if life is a losing struggle. We soon become bitter, angry, filled with hate towards everyone and everything. We become envious and spiteful, looking to make the world pay for our problems. The hatred that consumes us radiates, outward and turning within, causing us to hate ourselves and all others. When it seems our lives our out of control, that we are waiting for fate to deal us another bad hand. Life can be a frightening thing. It is full of dangers at every turn; you understand how a skittish deer feels when it leaves a clearing to drink from a stream. You feel like nothing can go right, that someone is out to get you. Stress becomes the norm, and you live each second of each day worrying what will happen next. You can’t help but worry over the smallest of things, you feel that nothing has ever, or will ever go right. It is as you are lost and will never find yourself again. You numb yourself to any feeling, not just the bad ones. All you want to do is just lie down and wait for it all to end. In today’s society it is easy to recognize the fears we all live in. the economy is unstable, we are in a constant state of war, the weather is becoming increasingly dangerous, and our lives are no longer what they were. The world before the new millennia, albeit difficult, was more stable. The twentieth century was a far different time than what we live in now. People faced the same hardships with a hardy can do attitude. They faced poverty, war, famine, and many of the things we do today. But they were a different breed. Generation X was the transitional generation of that century. We were taught the values and beliefs of our Baby boomer parents.
We didn’t have the technological wonders of the following generation, but we did live through the start of it. We often feel out of place, and see ourselves as the last of the old viewpoint. We do not understand the following generation, who we feel have been handed everything and think they are entitled to it all. We use the technology at hand, but are not products of it. We can remember chatting as being a face to face interaction, not starring at a computer screen. The cold war was real to us, because we lived it, and saw the end when the wall came down. Yet there is hope, there always is. There is an old saying, that God never puts more on you than you can handle. My parents taught me that every obstacle I face, no matter how large, no matter how daunting, is there to build my character. Through this viewpoint I have strived to be a better person, and hope to pass on this knowledge to you. That’s Right, it doesn’t have to be scary, and there is a light at the end of the tunnel. You can focus on what truly matters, live life rather than sitting on the sidelines. To begin to have peace of mind, and to not worry over the littlest things in this life, this is not the promise of an easy life, because that does not exist, it is however a promise of a fuller and richer life.