The mind is a great place to be. It is the ideal realm where one can either build his/her castle or make a battleground. My mind used to be a battlefield where I would fight depression, mood swings, pessimism and other mind-breaking giants. I would give up before facing them because I did not believe in myself. No matter whom I spoke to it wouldn't make a difference. One day I asked myself ' how do others do to smile at life ?' Well, it's simple it is a choice . Though times are challenging they choose to look at life from a positive perspective. I said to myself it was stupid but I came to realize why they had to do that. There are several reasons but I will speak on a few Life never gets easier, We get stronger Life will always put pressure on us but we have to be strong. At times this pressure seems crushing but we can rely on friends and family. I pushed away my friends and family members because I had given up on life. I no longer had the will to fight till I met ...