Of course so many of us look at celebrities or people who are wealthy, and envy their life, but those big luxuries are not what matter at the end of the day. Life is a cycle, we all come into this world entering various kinds of lifestyles, but then we all exit this world and go into the ground, or cremated, no matter what life you lived.

It is normal for us to wish we had what others did, or even just wish we had it a little easier, but our lives are made up of a bunch of little things that make us who we are, and that is what matters, not how many cars you own or how big your house is.

When people leave this world too soon, we remember them for what they were to us; a friend, a confident, a lover, a mentor, a parent, or an enemy. These characteristics are not defined by how much money they had, but rather how they impacted us. Our loved ones who leave us often leave us with many memories, and the most cherishable ones are the more intimate memories, where it was just you and them, or maybe a small group of others too, but not one where maybe the two of you didn't even speak but were just in each other's presence.

Even in the cases where things seem so huge, like your first heartbreak, or maybe when you get in your first accident, or break your first bone, they later seem so small. What we don't realize is that even though they were huge deals at the time, and seem more small and insignificant as life goes on, they still are important. That heartbreak led you to the right person, that accident maybe put more into perspective and taught you to be more careful, the broken bone taught you to be more appreciative when the cast is off because it can slow you down and be an adjustment. In life everything we go through matters, and it's the things we don't recognize as important that truly are.

We may be angry and not understand why we are put through the things we are, or why we don't seem to catch a break when others are living life so easily with no downfalls. But in this life, God, or whatever higher power you believe in, believes in us, and he doesn't put us through things that we can't handle. With pain comes strength, and you can't have a rainbow without a little rain, are two great quotes that prove strength and reward. We may be struggling now, but in the end it will pay off and our rewards will come in time. Life is full of ups and downs, chaos and calmness, anger and love, pain/sadness and happiness. What we do with the little things, and how we live our life is what will matter, not how much we can buy while we're here.