Tired.

I am tired to be in an environment where being stressed is the norm, where appearing relaxed and 'happy' is misconstrued as being a slacker, where people boast among themselves who is more busy, where people scoff at you for doing lesser modules than them, where drowning in work is a badge of honor and having 'free time' means you are not doing enough, where maligning another person's work to elevate oneself is not uncommon, where cutthroat competition is ubiquitous, where not being able to breathe should be the case, and where my efforts are NEVER enough.

But then again...

If I really think about it, there are still a lot of people who would rather trade places with me regardless of my whining. Like the people at the hospital, where I came from just now. I think they would rather be stressed in school than lying in a hospital bed with alien tubes connected to their bodies, suffering from diminished health and being in physical pain.

...He is strong enough to shake all earth and heaven
Yet meek enough to take me as I am.
He says come unto to me
All who are weary
And I will give you rest...

I am trying to look at the glass as half-full, not half-empty.

PS

HAPPY BIRTHDAY IVY!