by Vanessa Ylagan

Created on: May 26, 2009

Our world has been full of hatred, injustice and greed. Economic depression has been racking us and our society. Negativity is everywhere. Surrounding us are the bad things that has been going on for quiet a while now. We might even consider those things normal and are already part of life. Our struggle here lies on our capabilities to adjust on these negative situations and in staying positive despite what has been happening around us.

It is not that easy to have a positive way of dealing with things when the reverse is just surrounding us. You might feel like you are going against the flow of everything and that you might bump yourself along the way. But you also know that when you are just going with the flow, nothing will ever change and everything stays as it is and maybe worse will come to worst. We all want change. Change for the betterment of everyone. We should not get affected with what is going on in each of our nations or countries. There have been a lot of people longing for peace and equality. War has been going on in some countries, yet there are also residents in those places who are still praying and hoping that peace would soon reign. They hold it in their hearts that no matter what happens, lives may have been taken and that it may take long for them to attain peace, but time will come where in they will be able to live freely in their countries. They are a good inspiration to us and to those people whose hearts have been clouded with doubt. Those who are suffering could easily give up, yet they have a stronger heart and the will to move on. Despite economic crises, people are still trying to be happy with what they have. I do not want to dwell with the negativity of what's going on in our economy. We will get over it soon. Our government are doing their best to provide us with different solutions regarding this matter. What we can do is to stay focus and support each other. Value what is important and let's not take anything for granted.

As long we are still alive, there will always be hope. This hope of change and this hope of ending our miseries are what drive us to move on. We know that we can always do something to initiate that change we have all been longing for. The world will always give us a million reasons to give up and just stop our struggles, but we are always equipped with our own goals and aims to move on and go on with life no matter how difficult it may be.

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