Life is hard, but that's okay. There are enough good things in the world to make up for the hard things.I don't like pain, but without it I wouldn't understand joy. The extent to which I can understand joy is in part measured by the depth of pain I have felt. I'm not naive, or close-minded. I just choose to focus on the good. I try my best to do the best that I am able. If I want to be happy, then I decide to be happy. I like to be happy. I like who I am, even though I'm not perfect. Someday, when I am more wise than I am now, maybe I'll know how to fix more things and I'll know how to be a better friend. I hope I do, because every day I want