Life Lesson

Okay. This isn't much of a life lesson, more of an assurance. But whenever I am having a rough time in life, my dad's quote always cheers me up. It may not be the nicest thing to say, but hey, it works. Here it is, "Someone always has it worse." For instance, if someone breaks a bone. Hey, someone in Africa is dying of AIDS. Someone just got into a car crash. Someone has cancer. Someone has a brain tumor. Someone's wife died. You don't really think about others when you get hurt, or sick, or depressed. You only think of yourself. But if you actually do pay attention to things like that, you'll probably be grateful. Well, at least more grateful it isn't something worse. Like you have 24 hours to live. Better yet, be grateful your doctor doesn't call you and says, 'Hey, you have 24 hours to live. But I forgot to call you yesterday.'

My dad has actually been saying this all my life, but I haven't really thought about it until recently. Maybe a few months ago? Because as a child, like every child, I would only think about myself. How I tripped over a piece of wood and fell face flat on the cement, or I jumped off the monkey bars and twisted my ankle, or anything where you got hurt. In elementary school I would cry. In middle school I would scream. Now in high school, I'll just hold it in. And maybe if it's bad enough, I'll think about someone dying, and be glad I'm not dead. Yes, that may be a bad way to put it, but it's too easy to lie when you're typing. So I don't. :) Anyways, so that's my life lesson blog.