Admit it. We're selfish. We care about ourselves. We care about what other people are doing to us and don't really care how it affects them because we can't get over the fact of how it's affecting us. We throw pity parties for ourselves. We blame things on other people because there is no possible way that I did that to myself. YOU did it to ME.

We care about ourselves, and we don't care about other people. Sure, you might volunteer 20 hours a week, you might travel during your spring break to build homes, you might spend Thanksgiving in a soup kitchen. But, that isn't what I'm talking about. I'm talking about the things you said in your fight with your mom last night. I'm talking about last weekend when you made-out with your best friends ex. I'm talking about tonight when your girlfriend is at work and you're at the bar drinking with another girl. I'm talking about not doing your weight on your group project. I'm talking about you putting yourself above everyone else and not caring about how it affects other people.

But when your group calls you out on it, or your mom comes to you crying, or your best friend isn't your best friend anymore, or your girlfriend breaks your Xbox, you're not going to think before you react. You're going call them names, hang up the phone, shout at them, make them feel bad, make them feel stupid, make them feel irrelevant. You're going to make them feel like they're the ones in the wrong. Because after all, look what they did to you.

You can't take the time to realize that other people have their own pain and suffering and strife going on. You only care about you- how it affects you, how you feel, what you get out of it.

Newsflash: You're not the only one who is having a hard time.

We all have struggles. We all have heartbreak. We all are getting screwed over by somebody else on this planet. We all have rough days, where we just can't get out of bed. We all think there aren't enough hours in the day. Things don't always go our way. As much as their social media sounds like it's all butterflies and rainbows, I bet it isn't. You could be the most positive person on this planet, and I can promise you that you would still experience pain. It's apart of life.

I'm tired of people thinking they're the only one's who have a hard life. Because we all do.

I'm tired of people thinking their struggles are more important than other people's struggles. Because they matter too.

I'm tired of people not caring about how their actions will affect somebody else. Because they do.

I just wish people realized that their struggles aren't above anyone else's. I wish I could bring up what's going on in my life, without somebody comparing it to their life, trying to "out-negative" me. I wish somebody considered how their actions might affect me before they do them.

Because when you tell me about your struggles, I'm going to care about you. When you tell me what's going on in your life, I'm not going to bring mine into it. It isn't about ME, it's about YOU. I think about how I might affect you with what I do before I act. Because I'm not the only one struggling. We all are. We're all in this together.

So stand up. Get off your high horse. Be there for each other. Think about how you want to be treated, and treat other people like that. Think about the people around you. Remember that everyone has something going on. Remember that you are no better than anyone else on this planet.