Taking Nothing for Granted

Why me? What did I do? How is this my problem? People question the world and everything inside it often, maybe even consistently. A quote, by Mark Twain, states “Don’t go around saying the world owes you a living…” You need to make your own living. I mean come on, your life’s not a remote. Get up and change it yourself. Twain continues on saying “The world owes you nothing. It was here first.” The people inheriting this world always have something going on in their lives whether its good or bad. However, what they do with it is their choice. You can’t blame the world, you cant blame society, you can’t blame anyone but yourself for how your life turns out. You have to carry on with your head up and do whatever you can to create and maintain a happy and healthy life for yourself. No one can do it for you.

Twain’s quotations deep sincerity is a thousand percent true to every human being on this planet. What you do, the decisions you make, how you perform and how you portray yourself and act is up to you. Everything you do can and most likely will cause a chain reaction almost as if knocking down the dominoes of our communities and societies. Like the smallest pebble the water. You have power to change and make the most of yourself. It’s up to no one but you.

Quotation s like these can easily be connected into everyday life. Whether its loathing something or someone, or ruing a day. Volunteering at a homeless shelter I saw many people. I saw lonely people, I saw couples, I saw children, babies, I saw families. They didn’t complain not once. They simply sat inside waiting patiently. When they got in line, they were the most polite people I’d ever met. They got their portions, everyone got the same things. They just said “Thank you.” or “God bless you.” They don’t take what they have for granted. Their decisions led them to where they are, maybe they didn’t deserve what they got; some people didn’t even do anything. However, they made the most of it especially the families. They make conversations, care for each other and stick with each other. Those couples are some of if not the strongest I’ve ever seen. One real life examples, hundreds upon thousands of others. The novel “The Last Song” by: Nicholas Sparks is a book that’s another wonderful example of this quote. Spoiler Alert: In the book, the main character Ronnie, took everything for granted. She did drugs, disobeyed everyone, despised her father and made awful decisions. Throughout the story she changes her life; yes she needed a shovel, but she accomplished change. As she was making friends, finding love, and seeing another world she figured out her life wasn’t as bad as she’d thought. She became less and less selfless and as she gets closer with her father he passed away, and that is when you notice the one hundred percent change her attitude towards life.