Whine, whine, whine. You guys sound like a bunch of democrats.
Life is what you make of it. Whether you live in Newport Beach, Jakarta or Baghdad, only you can determine your own happiness, and it must be done in spite of the conditions around you.
The world is a horrible, horrible place - because of people. You and everyone around you. Humans' sole purpose on this earth is to f%ck everyone around them and f%ck the planet up. It's been going on for millenia, and will continue until we are all exterminated by one thing or another.
On the other hand, you can take your child or someone you love, and stand on the edge of the Grand Canyon, or gaze at a crystal clear stream in some vacant forest and see the potential for your life.
The ingredients are there, and people who live under a dictator's brutal regime in North Vietnam, amongst the child-murdering police of Rio de Janeiro, or in a penthouse in Manhattan all have the same opportunity.
You can choose to worry about interest rates, troops humiliating their fellow humans, the fat content in a burger from McDonalds, what's on TV tonight, or any number of other things that the numb masses concern themselves with. Or you can stop whining and make positive steps to improve your quality of life, whatever that means for you.
Personally, Todd's one-liner resonates strongly with me, because my sole purpose each and every day is to share a moment with my son.
Who knows, he might be gone tomorrow, and then what would life be like?