Pre-warning: By no means am I making the broad statement our entire generation is full of negative and vicious people with this title. However, I do believe there's a huge focus on the idea of "negativity is cool" and "hatred towards peppy/happy people" in our generation.
For some reason, wallowing in our own problems has become prioritized over making the best of our circumstances. And the saddest part is, there are people in our generation who will tell you that you're "naive" or even "ignorant to the world" if you genuinely do your best to see positivity in every situation.
How this started to become a thing over the years, I have no idea. But, my big question is: Why is this a thing? Have you ever, as a person, thought about why it's so easy to focus on problems versus blessings?
I hate to burst anyone's bubble, but life hack: "being sad" is not "cool" in anyone's eyes but your own. The emphasis on dwelling on negativity isn't something that is synonymous with wisdom, or even intelligence. If anything, this is a coward's way out of doing your best to see silver linings in even the hardest of times.
Wisdom doesn't come from focusing on the terrible events that everyone knows occur frequently in the world. It comes from understanding these things happen, and doing your best to focus tunnel vision on the lovely sides of the life you're living.
This isn't to say some months aren't tougher than others, or that people should never be sad. If you feel sad, you owe it to yourself to feel that pain and feel it thoroughly. However, if you go the extra mile to remain sad (on purpose, not genetically) by focusing on pitying your situation or because it's "easier," I personally feel incredibly bad that you are choosing to waste your time on Earth in such a manner.
I remember someone once told me, "Life isn't full of rainbows and butterflies all the time; you need to be realistic." And it's actually ironic how I've never been so deeply offended by a sentence spoken to me to this day. To assume a person is unaware of the bad in the world because they choose to focus on the good is purely a negative mind speaking. We have all been through our own personal ups and downs, and choosing to see the good in situations by no means implies that I, or anyone else, is blind to the cruelty that occurs in the world every day.
It comes down to the glass being half full or half empty. When there are people struggling to have even just five more minutes of time on Earth, how dare we as people waste our time and take it for granted by choice? Why are we, as a whole, putting so much emphasis on our struggles? Accepting that the struggles are there, and then choosing to make the best of your circumstances is something you'll never regret.
