Are there any instances that whenever you encounter strangers you wonder what kind of circumstances are they going through? Are they happy in their lives? Are they having problems they can’t solve? Are you much more blessed than them?

I watched something in this certain film/TV show (I forgot what it is) that if you want to write a novel or a story, you have to observe the people around you and wonder what’s going on in their lives just to be able to conceptualize a character or a story. I actually followed that advice from that film/TV show… I wasn’t able to write though but I became really observant with the people around me.

What’s my point here? Sometimes, we complain about our own lives that lead other people from committing suicide. We think that God doesn’t love us and we are just being punished… But have you ever thought that those people around you have more difficult problems to solve? Have you ever thought that you are actually luckier and more blessed but you just overlooked at that fact because you focused so much on the negative side? Have you ever thought that you might be missing all the fun in your life because you’re dwelling too much on pessimism?

Ask yourself. It’s you who can only answer.