I will be the first admit my perspective on life has changed completely. I now roll my eyes when I hear someone saying that they’ve had “the worst day ever” or watch someone make a big deal about something so insignificant. And sure, maybe that’s not the best way to handle people, but I cannot help it. And quite frankly, I'm not sorry for acting this way.

This doesn't mean that I no longer sympathize with my friends and family when they've had a bad day. It doesn’t mean I don’t have any bad days, it doesn’t mean insignificant things don’t upset me, it simply means I’m choosing to look at all of this as the glass being half full. Because in the grand scheme of life, all of those insignificant, “bad things” people complain about day-to-day don’t matter. I’m sorry, but they don’t. Harsh? Maybe. True? Yes.

Complaining about insignificant things won’t change them. The only way to change a bad day is to change your attitude because let’s face it bad days happen. They are inevitable. But no bad day is as bad as you think. In the moment it might suck and you might hate everyone and everything. When that happens all I ask is that you take a step back. Pick one good thing that happened during your “bad day” and focus on that. Because you don’t know when your last day will be. You are not invincible and you are not immortal. You are human.

You’re alive, you’re breathing and that should be more than enough for you to feel thankful. Many people take life for granted. I know I used to. Put your energy into doing good. Put your energy into strengthening your relationships with others, no matter who it is. Use the negative energy from your day to make someone else’s day better. It doesn’t matter what you do with the energy, but please, put it to good use.

The world is filled with enough tragedy, negativity, and hate. No bad day is worth acting as if the world is collapsing. There are far better things to do.

Lastly let me say, hug your friends, family, loved ones, neighbors– I don't care who it is, but tell them you appreciate them and that they mean the world to you. Make amends with people, drop the grudges you’re holding. Stop bitching about people, stop complaining about them, stop picking them apart for things they cannot change.

Practice love, respect and FRIENDSHIP. Because they might annoy you and they might piss you off at times, but life is fragile.

And there is no place for hate in this life. I don’t believe in it.

Take a moment and change your perspective.