It's a feeling that's dominating my being more and more lately. I'm just so sick of the way the world works. We're expected to work and jump through hoops if we want to stand a chance of earning the money we need to enjoy a free, relaxed life, but we're caught in this societal torrent and life passes us by before we know it.

I think back to when I was a kid and how unappreciative I was of my easy life, complaining about small inconveniences like school or not having a girlfriend. It seems the more time passes by, the less time we have to simply enjoy life; the company of others, the feeling of lying on grass and the warmth of the summer sun, those precious moments when something makes you smile or laugh, those brief instances in your life that become crystalized in the fond memories you look back on, but we're told we have to move on from and focus once more on the dreary mechanical progression of our existence within the societal machine.

What's the point in anything we do in our daily life if we don't have the time to appreciate simply being? I'm tired of being just a gear in the endless system which appears to serve no purpose other than self-perpetuation. Why do we live in a world where those of us who simply want to enjoy life are called foolish or irresponsible? The world just doesn't make any sense to me. It's extremely difficult to find the words to express this feeling eloquently, but I had to get something out there.