you will get as far as you let yourself.

my mother always says that there is not a single person who can complain about life. the only thing that we can complain about, she says, is our health and the unfortunate illnesses that we might have to face because our health is the one thing that we can not totally take control of. other than health we have no reasons for complaining. there is not a single thing that we could not change if we wanted to. you can not blame anyone else but yourself for your unhappiness. if their is something in your life that burdens you, that makes you unhappy, that holds you back, then by all means do something about it. why waste time complaining when you can go out and make yourself happy. don't count on anyone else to do this for you because you could be setting yourself up for disappointment. i know that i am self-destructive. it is a very unfortunate flaw. although i also know that there are things in my life right now that do not make me happy. it is about time i start listening to my mother, and it is about time that i lift these heavy weights off of my shoulders. goodbye, goodbye, goodbye.