Pshh

The other day, someone asked me how I, or anyone else for that matter, can be happy when there is so much going on in the world to make one unhappy. How could I, or anyone else, sit in my little bubble of existence when people outside of it are hungry, diseased, dying, killing etc. I asked if I should live my life unhappy just because of that. What this person failed to realize is that to make change possible, someone has to be happy, and that someone has to do something to make someone else happy...because true happiness is doing something to make someone else happy, being selfless, doing for others. I'm happy in my bubble because I can see the big picture: the one where after all my schooling, I am finally able to make a difference in helping people. Today, I do it by being involved in the community. Am I being selfish to be happy? I don't think so. I think the larger matter at hand, is why isn't this person happy? And why are you trying to rain on my parade because I, and several other people for that matter, are doing something? Don't criticize unless you are going to be doing something to make whatever it is different.