First World Problems

First World Problems

Ok so you all know the phrase. Everybody uses it. It's usually accompanied with a witty hashtag or a meme that explains your life down to a t.

One I just saw today might be my favorite. I'll try to find a picture of it because I know when I try to tell you what it is you'll just tell me to shut up and go away. Fair enough.

But seriously. The things people complain about drives crazy. It's either they can't get the right balance between their soy milk and agave nectar in their overpriced coffee or the pile of empty salon brand shampoo bottles that are collecting in the cemetery that is the corner of the shower and you forget to throw them away.I don't know where I'm going with this. I just want people to calm down, take a breath, and realize that it's not the end of the world if he person in front you just took the last Splenda packet at Starbucks.

I know all this sounds all hoity toity coming from a kid who's got everything she ever needed, but have you ever just though about the fact that when you woke up today, you didn't have to worry about where your next meal was coming from or if you were even going to eat today? Two summers ago, I spent sometime in a country where the things we take for granted here are a luxury they almost never see. I got to spend time with some orphans who were just so excited I was there to play jump rope, throw a baseball, or just to hold them.

All this goes to say, be thankful. It could be worse.

Keep Smiling.
-Maddie

P. S. Looking back on this, its kinda depressing and preachy. Next time it'll be different. I guess. If people don't piss me off. Ha.