that's the way it is

There are certain things in life that we have to accept and other things we should appreciate.

I have scoliosis, and at times it brings me down because I don't have that "perfect" straight back. It makes me feel very self conscious. When I get down about scoliosis, I have a habit of googling all about it; hoping to find ways to make it better. I like googling pictures of scoliosis, it makes me cringe and even more depressed. But then the images that pop up are (in most cases) of cases way worse then what I have. It made me think to myself... what the 'eff am I whining about? People have to deal with a worse situation than me. I just have to accept that it happened to me and that I'm lucky that I don't have it as bad as other people. With that mentality, it makes me feel a lot better, but of course I still think about "why me?!" sometimes. Although I realize that I can have surgery done, I wish there was a way to fix it without going under the knife. Scoliosis is something I cannot change, I could only prevent it from getting worse (and hope it doesn't get worse).

Hey there are people out there in the world with a missing limb or paraplegic etc... so I appreciate that I have all of my body parts and that they are functional.

I appreciate every single person who is in my life and am thankful everyday for them. I don't know where I'd be without them. The thought of losing them is completely unbearable to grasp upon. All I can say is that I love them and would do anything for them. And I'm specifically talking about three people (sometimes four and sometimes... sometimes five). I'm sure those three people know who they are :) I don't won't to write out who they are because I don't need to announce to the whole world who they are, I care about them too much to pull that. I could write so much more about them and how much I appreciate them, but I don't want to overkill it. There is only so many synonyms for what I could write.

Take home message:

"Count your blessings, not your problems."

P.S. My professor uses the "take home message" phrase so many times that it's stuck in my head. I had to write it out somehow.