Happiness with What you have
By: Chris Sexton

            I have always had a different perspective of life from others. Why is this? This is because my family is different. I think they are some of the most southern people I have ever met. They are from the following: St. Louis, Mississippi, Tennessee, Texas, and Arkansas. They are sweet people and have taught me everything I need to know.

What do I believe? I believe that everything happens for a reason. This I have learned from the southern Baptist church I have become fond of. Before anyone who isn’t religious please don’t stop reading because I brought religion to the table. You have the right to whatever religion you want and that’s who you are. You can’t judge religion.

Anyways, I believe that patients, happiness, and hard work are the keys to life an easy life. You might have realized I didn’t include education or intelligence. Well, this doesn’t mean I’m not going to get an education, trust me I am going to be a person who makes a difference. Education is hard working. Anyone can get it they just have to work for it. I believe that life is a time to make a difference for the following generations behind us.

I have always been told that you have to be grateful for what you have. Even when you feel like you don’t have anything. For example, in 2010 my dad left for Kosovo and was going to be gone for 2 years. Well, on April 14, 2011 my mom received divorce papers. She was devastated, all of us were. My mom was a home maker from 18-32. She had been going to school at ASU at the time to become. She had no idea how she was going to take care of me and my two brothers. We had lived in Cabot, Arkansas for the past 5 years and had no family there.

I had brought up the idea to my mom to move to my grandfathers in Marion, Ar. This is where I now live. Most of my family was on my dad’s side. On my mom’s side we only had our aunts, uncle, and grandfather. This was because my grandmother was a drug addict her whole life and died at the age of 57. My grandfather was all we had left basically. We were hoping to live with him until my mom could get on her own feet and finish school. Ever since then I have learned to be happy with what I have. I have never seen happiness in other things such as prosperity, material things, or being famous. It’s mostly with whom I have and what I have. This is what I believe.