Life can be enjoyable. Life is also what you make it. Everyone goes through things. You have to be the one to choose whether you want to be stuck in it, asking for handouts. Or suck it up and keep trying at it. Life can get so tough, and it allows people to give up. As far as becoming homeless, it can also lead to suicide. It’s totally up to you. It's your choice rather you want to depend on someone.

 In life there is a difference in needing someone because you aren't capable, and needing someone because you are lazy and don't want to get off of your butt and work for your wants, and needs. When life gets rough just keep smiling and pushing through. I have to remind myself daily that I got this. Anything worth having worth fighting for. That's the same with life. once you set a high goal reach it, it is well worth it in the long run. For example, when it comes to going to school trying to get a degree, it's really hard and competitive. However, in the long run depending on your major, you can come out with a good paying job, benefits, something you love to do. when doing this, when fighting you have to look at the bigger picture. You can go through life by being positive and overcoming your obstacle, having a positive mindset lets you know that you won’t be down forever. That should make you want to go harder and try harder to succeed in life.  Everyone’s life has its ups and downs, its good memories, and bad memories. The good memories are worthwhile. They are good to have when your down and out. The bad memories are the ones that keep you going. It reminds you that you don’t want to be back in that dark place, that’s what keeps you focused, and what makes you work harder, and it makes you not want to give up. As easy as it is to give up that is not what you want of yourself. It is good to reward yourself every now and then just so that you can see improvement and notice that you haven’t threw in the towel.

          Going into one of the articles from Jane Kenyon. She states about happiness, “happiness saved its most extreme form for you alone”(pg 526 & 527). That article is basically saying that happiness starts within. Anyone can be happy. Even the clerk or, the mama whispering to her child. It ties back into my life is what you make it. You have to create your own happiness. Everyone’s life is full of ups and downs. It’s best to live in the moment. You would enjoy life so much more.

Life isn’t all bad even though when things go wrong we feel as the world has ended. We just have to pick up the pieces, and carry on. Sometimes life isn’t as bad as we think. We just get overwhelmed and off our game, thinking that we can’t do it, thinking that we can’t handle what life throws our way. But looking at the bigger picture if we take life a day at a time we are just fine. We just have to learn how to manage time, and learn when something bad happen everything happens for a reason. Remember in every test there is a lesson. Just learn from your, mistakes, disappointments, regrets, all the negative things that linger in our minds. We can overcome anything that we put your minds too.   Difficult roads often lead to beautiful destinations. Every day is a new beginning, to a new start. Don’t dwell on the would have, should have, and could have. You have to believe in yourself. Life could be such a beautiful thing, even with the difficulties that comes with it.