I am depressed. Not that I want to kill myself, but I am definitely depressed. Everywhere I look, I see violence, harshness, and hatred. The sad part is that people today seem to not even notice it, or may even contribute without knowing.

At lunchtime, you usually walk into the cafeteria, jump in line with your friends, and go on without another thought. But jumping people in line really isn't as cool as you think it is. You're not only showing disrespect to the other people, but it's just plain selfish. What you're really doing is using friendship to your advantage and making others suffer for it. Doesn't seem so fun now, does it?

School. The word gives only negative connotations to today's kid. What you don't realize, is that the better you do in school, the better the test of your life will be. If your the flunkie who drops out before even passing freshman year, you will probably end up at a place like mcdonald's, never really doing anything in life. The straight-A nerd will probably end up being a very wealthy businessman, and have everything he ever wanted. Although school is still really boring to any kid, you need to seriously suck it up, this torture will pay off eventually.

And people pay utter disregard to other's rights. Every time you may just throw a bottle away, some other person has to come and clean up after you. Another example of selfishness. And if you are entering a door and you see that there are people behind you, hold the door open. If you're really in too big of a hurry to even do that, then your lifestyle is way too stressed, an most people's seem to be anyway.

These are just little things that really make you into a better person, and can really brighten up someone else's day. But a lot of people can't even do these little things. I'm not asking you to become a civil rights activist, just try not to be a jerk. :)