"I'm not happy, I'm cheerful. There's a difference. A happy woman has no cares at all. A cheerful woman has cares, but has learned how to deal with them."
- Beverly Sills, Opera Singer

I couldn't have said it better... people have commented me before on always smiling and being energetic and such. I don't think its that I'm always happy, because I'm not. I just think that over my short life of 17 years, I have somehow developed the talent of being able to deal with things better than most.. I think it's all about perspective. I could definitely complain about having asthma and allergies and eczema and alopecia and beaing partially deaf and what not, but I don't. I realize that some people are so much worse off than I am. Look at my life. I have so many opportunites and advantages that others don't have. I have a roof over my head, a family that loves me, food in the fridge and then some (haha, as my friends can tell because my mom is always feeding them), the greatest bunch of friends, enough clothes, a car, etc.... The way I see it, I really have no right to complain, none at all... hahaha, I give you permission to slap me if i do :)