We live much of our lives with reluctance and reservation, and inevitably the chances are that we end up resenting ourselves for it. It's true that at some point we will make a wrong turn or come face to face with a brick wall because we had our map upside down, our torch ran out of battery, or we failed to pack enough trail mix for the journey some people call life. But unless you're lying in a box four feet under the ground, then you still have the option to alter your outlook, shape your life into something you're proud of and live everyday with your heart bursting from joy, and not one too many hamburgers.
And sometimes what we deal with is a daily accumulation of frustration, doubt, irritation, lack of motivation - it snowballs until one day you open the door to a nasty surprise and wonder why you didn't see it coming. It's a little thing called self-awareness, the ability to realise either how much you mean to someone, or how little you do. And that loud-mouthed bogan on the train isn't really publicly voicing her love for jeggings to purposely annoy you, that's just her opinion - and she is 100% entitled to it. People aren't always going to agree with you, or give you the time of day to prove yourself - it only takes a quick look inward to realise how true this holds. It shouldn't take a lifetime to come to the conclusion that Dr. Seuss did, and that is forever printed onto my NSGHS Class of 2009 page - Those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.
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