What's Your Problem?

What if we only had to deal with the problems that we wanted to deal with. "You have three problems. Pick one. The rest will go away". That would be nice. Better yet, what if you could just ignore your problems and they would all go away. It's something that we have all tried. "I'll just act like I don't have to turn in that paper tomorrow and the assignment will go away". Very few have been successful utilizing that procedure. What if we had to deal with all of our problems, but the answers were all right there in front of us. I guess that always presents its road blocks as well. If we had answers to everything, I guess we wouldn't have much of a problem on our hands.

I've grown from dealing with my problems. And believe it or not, with each day, a new challenge seems to find me. I think challenge is a better word to use. Some challenges not as difficult as others. Some don't require as much thought. Some last for what seems like forever. Other go away no sooner than they appear. Nonetheless, I have grown from each of them.

Sometimes, my initial thought is to just seclude myself from everyone. Hide. Be anti-social. But then when I really stop and think about it, that is only going to bring to me new problems. Problems that I really don't know how to deal with (Could you imagine me being anti-social).

I guess sometimes we just want things to change and for our problems to go away. We can always look at our life and think about how easy things would be without the problems that we all face. But what would we know without our problems? What would we have to figure out?

I guess I am kind of glad that I have problems. That does not mean that I enjoy them or that I want more than I already have. Just simply that I accept them into my life. I've dealt with many things in my short, but eventful life. Some of my problems I never thought I would live through, others I just wanted to end. I've feared being abandoned by my friends, family and anyone else who would come in contact with me. I've feared making the wrong decisions or digging myself into a hole. Somehow, I have survived.