Things.

Our lives revolve around objects. It’s like everyone thinks—If I just get that one thing I’ll be happy. But the brilliance of capitalism has produced something called accessories. Then you aren’t happy with your beautiful new product until you buy all the best accessories. And when you’ve finally obtained all of your beautiful accessories, you’ve become bored with your new product and move on to something else. All the while, you’re wasting money you don’t have, on something you don’t need, earned from a job you don’t like.

In the end, you’ll never have everything you want. Even if you had everything, you’d still feel an emptyness.

Nothing on Earth lasts forever.

And while we’re trying to obtain all these things that make us happy, we’re trying to reach that next goal. We’re never satified with where we are. When you start school, you can’t wait to graduate. When you start college, you can’t wait to start your job. When you start your job, you can’t wait for that promotion. When you get that promotion, you can’t wait till the next one. When you find yourself as high as you can be, you can’t wait to retire.

When you finally retire, you wonder what happened to all that time you spent waiting.

Instead of existing, why don’t we start living.

Let’s experience life.

Essay 1: HOPE by Joey Saint Wombat

I begin these essays with one word.

HOPE.

This seems to be all we have left in this world of poverty, war, and filth. We as humans can only HOPE.

We HOPE when things seem hopeless. We dream even when our nightmares seem real. We live in the unlivable. We believe in the unbelievable.

We HOPE.

When you take a good look around. You can only see negativity.
Believe me my friends, things are not as bad as they seem. When you think you have it bad, you should reflect upon those who are in an even worse situation and feel blessed.

Your life is only as bad as you make it.

If you look at the good in life, your life will be good. On the other hand, if you only look at the negative in life, you attitude will be negative.

We can overcome with HOPE!

Sometimes it's all we have. Sometimes it's all we need.

HOPE is only one ingredient.

Hoping does no good if you do nothing. If you hope you win the lottery and never buy a ticket, will you win the lottery. The answer is a resounding NO!

If you want change, you have to do something.

Einstein said it best.
"Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results."

HOPE is but a key ingredient.
If you have no faith in change, what good is your effort?

Faith, Hopes, Beliefs.

What you believe makes you an individual. No one can take away your beliefs. No one can take away your hope. No one can take away your faith.
These are the fundamentals of humanity.

If you have anything as powerful as your beliefs, you have a powerful weapon.
People die for beliefs and live for them. People today are yearning, they're HOPING for change. We have to speak! Staying silent and expecting change would be insane. Speak for what you believe in and hope it makes a positive change in the world.