My World Is on Fire and I'm Cool with That

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Suddenly, the epiphany came after several days of moping about why the car accident had to happen to me and how unfair life is. Indeed, the moment I was reborn was when I realized why I wanted to become a civilian again to begin with. Who gives a damn if I have some credit card debt? So does every other college student on the planet. The notion that kids in their early twenties should have their entire life figured out and in order is an absurd one that is constantly being shoved down our throats in today’s society. There is no point in dwelling and stressing over it to the point where you have grey hairs by the time you’re 30. And so through all of this, if there’s one valuable lesson that I took away that has forever changed the way I view my life, it’s that you always have to find the humor in chaos. Life only moves in one direction, and that’s forward. Everyone has to play the cards they were dealt, so it does no good to dwell and cry about the crappy cards that life tends to deal every now and then. Indeed, learning how to just acknowledge the suckiness of crappy situations, and roll with the punches and was the single most important and life changing lesson I’ve learned in recent years. Through changing my perspective and mindset, I do the things that make me happy and, most importantly, smile even while aspects of my life remain in flames, because life is too short to take everything to heart. I know who I am, and now accept my flaws and wear them like armor. My world can be on fire and I’m totally cool with that.