We Have No Problems

We Have No Problems Houston, we dont have a problem. It is with our utmost and deepest regret that we are writing you this missive to inform you that you dont have any problems. Sure, you may think you have problems, and we know what youre thinking: Yes I do! I have all kinds of problems! No you dont. Yes I do! Umm, no you dont. YES I DO! I have thousands of problems! Really? Thousands? Well, maybe hundreds of problems. No you dont. Stop saying that! Yes I do! Fine, name your hundreds of problems, then. I dont have enough money to pay my bills. My significant other left me. I lost my home to foreclosure. I lost my job. My phone got shut off because I couldnt pay the bill. I spilled food on my shirt at lunch today. My cat ate my homework. Umm, OK, am I over 100 problems yet? Seriously, though, you really should make a list.  Go on, give it a try. Take five minutes and write down all your problems, it will be useful for this next part. OK, did you do it? If not, stop reading and write them down. OK, now take a look at your list. How many problems did you have? Twenty? Fifty? One hundred and eighteen? Well, regardless of the number You know deep down those arent real problems, and you have the power to fix them if you really want to. You also know there are people in this world with real problems (genocide, imprisonment, slavery, disease, health issues, etc.). Thankfully, you live somewhere where you have access to the Internet, which means you probably have relatively easy access to food and water, and you live in a relatively developed country. So, as long as you have your health, you dont have real problems. You have challenges. Perhaps that sounds like semantic wordplay, but its not. We all face challenges in life, and some of them are extremely difficult challengesâ€"challenges that seem insurmountable at times. But challenges are also what makes life exciting and interesting and fun. Challenges often give meaning to our lives. Lets face it, our lives would be extremely boring without challenges.  So, its time to recognize that most of the time we dont have any problems, not real problems anyway. Its also time to acknowledge our challenges and do something about them. We must take action if we want to make a change.