Pep Talk

There is no getting around it, a lot of grief, misery and sadness exists in our world. 

What's the point of positive thinking? How can we be happy if there is so much misery permeating?

I have a friend that lives in a perpetual state of mild depression because he feels so effected by the misfortune in the lives of others and powerless to help them. He often feels guilty when he is enjoying the pleasures of his own life because he is aware that many people will never have opportunities such as his.
Some would call him a bleeding heart and honor his compassion.
I call him (to put it rather crudely), an idiot.

If his true intention is to alleviate the suffering of others, then dwelling upon their anguish is counter-productive and only contributes to the problem.

The more man meditates upon good thoughts, the better will be his world and the world at large.

-Confucius

Every man must walk his own path. Honor the path of another, however backward it may seem, and offer him an alternative with your own Self as an example.
KIPPsters are too bright to fall subject to the traps of guilt and despair as a mechanism for dealing with adversity. We are doers, we are changers, and we are the cesspools of inspiration. (That's right friends, cesspools, i.e. where the stickiest, most infectious form of inspiration is bred.)