Forget everything for a moment and just be happy!

Sometimes, I feel people really, really exaggerate their problems.  I mean, come on.  There are kids who have iPhones, iPods, PSP's, all the worldly gifts, and still keep on whimpering.  Seriously, come on dude.  There are people who can barely afford food, people who'll be executed if they say something against the people in power, and yet they find reasons to be happy.  Oh, and teenagers?  Don't even get me started on them! (And saying this is weird since I myself am a teenager, but I'm talking about the majority of teens, especially the attention seekers).  All that stuff about how they're "insecure", or "heartbroken", or how their life is ruined because they gained a pound of weight, I mean, come on, seriously, cut the crap.  You've got your entire life lying ahead of you!  And for God's sake, stop complaining so much.  Ten years down the line, what would you want people to remember you as?  The people always crying about their problems, or the people who could always find reasons to be happy?  There are times when I feel that the only reason people whine so much about their problems is that they're trying to attract attention.  And there are people who actually give them attention! (which is something I seriously don't understand, after all, its one thing to be a shoulder to cry on, and another to encourage people to be unhappy by giving them sympathy).  Only today, I heard of some perfectly young and healthy person dying and it made me think, "I always underestimated the statement- Life is too short to be anything but happy."  People get cancer and realize they have a month to live, so they start looking for reasons to be happy.  But if happiness is what we all seek, then why wait for cancer to come and tell you to be happy and enjoy your remaining life?!  Even if you can't use your life to "help everyone in need" or "change the world for the better", why waste it on sadness, tears and whining?  So just eat some fried chicken, drink a cup of coffee, and smile!!!  Because if there's one quotation with no contradiction, it is "Life is too short to be anything but happy!"