You don’t have to look far to find someone out there complaining about their life.

Joking or not, our social media feeds have been suffocated by overwhelming negativity. Students in college constantly complain about their classes, people working seem to never like their jobs and those who don’t fall in either category always appear to moan about the hand they’ve been dealt in life.

So, what does every single person need to know about themselves?

That the chance of you being born, when you were born, where you were born, to your exact set of parents, was 1 in 400 trillion.

That’s right, 1 in 400 trillion.

Why is this crucial information?

It’s crucial to know this because it provides a pivotal sense of perspective in life.

For most people, our sense of amazement is lost by the time we enter adulthood, and often times, long before.

We become obsessed with the small, irrelevant details of living, such as the score we get on a math test, the cost of attending school, or our want for materialistic items.

In reality, these dots of life are part of a much bigger picture that we regularly forget to gaze at.

For most people reading this, you are relatively healthy. You are able to walk, talk, hear and read. You can log onto a computer and access countless amounts of information, something that could not be done only forty years ago. You most likely have access to clean water and food and you live in a country without war. While some of these things may not apply to you, you must remember the privilege of existing on earth, as a human in the 21^st century.

Look at your hand the next time you use it. As you move each finger, and each joint, an action follows. Like clockwork, you have control over one of the most complex biological motor skills on the planet.

The next time you walk down the street, look at the growth we have accomplished as a species. We have constructed buildings taller than our ancestors could have ever imagined. Look up further and you will see the glare of the sun, or the glow of the moon, two solar objects that exist in harmony without our intervention.

Look at the sky and see the splashes of color that appear as the sun descends down into the horizon. A calming cotton candy explosion of artwork is above your head nearly every night and yet how many of us take the time to look at it?

There are so many aspects of life that warrant our time and so many that do not, yet it seems as if the majority of us focus on the things that we shouldn’t. We find ourselves always wanting more, a desire that cannot be removed in entirely, but one that can be recognized and understood.

So, the next time you feel like complaining about your situation, think to yourself, do I really deserve it?

Most of us don’t.

Instead, use your time wisely.

Enjoy living with amazement. Observe at the awe-inspiring creativity of nature, or better yet, use your time helping those who may not be able to themselves. Volunteer at a hospital or fundraise for a cause that you care about.

For in the end, helping those with the real problems is what being human is all about.