Being in high school I think it's natural to feel like there are other people that are better than you. And lately I've been thinking this a lot, and mainly about one girl. She's adorable, she has the perfect car, the cutest clothes she's friends with everyone and no one has a mean thing to say about her. But tonight when I was talking to a friend she told me how this girl was having some issues, and I started thinking about how I pictured her to have this perfect life, when really everyone has their trials. Some just make it more known than others.
Don’t think when you have troubles
That your neighbor goes scot-free
Because he shows a smiling front
And battles cheerfully.
No, Man! He, too, has troubles,
But herein the difference lies,
While you go idly moping round,
The other fellow tries.
Don’t envy other people;
Maybe, if the truth you knew,
You’d find their burdens heavier far
Than is the case with you.
Because a fellow, rain or shine,
Can show a smiling face,
Don’t think you’d have an easier time
If you could take his place.
‘Tis hope and cheery courage
That incite one to retrieve
One’s past mistakes, to start afresh,
To dare and to achieve.
So smile, and if perchance you light
The spark of hope anew
In some poor sad and burdened heart,
All honor be to you.
-Anonymous
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