The Way Out

I think I have too many problems. These problems may not be concerns for people in the developing world nor for those with high power and authority. These are my own problems. When placed against tragedies like 911, China quake, or global poverty, my problems become miniscule and negligible. However, when placed against the uncertainties and fear of my future and my personal being, they become crucial in terms of what "success" I can make out of my life. How do people continue to keep a positive outlook on life when they thought they had hit the deceiving bottom yet find themselves falling even deeper. I don't want to ask some supernatural being to "help me". I believe I am the one who placed myself into this bottomless pit and I am the only one that can save me. No matter how encouraging and discouraging life can be, I am the only one with the power to instigate change and become who I want to be. Remember, "Which way is up?" After each fall and each strike, I have to regain and align myself in that one direction. What makes this one case different from all the other mistakes I have made in the past. There is only one way out (The other way is not a way out of things or else more than half of the world's population will disappear).