I always want more. People are very rarely satisfied with what they have. I'm no exclusion. And no - thinking about other people having much worse lives than me doesn't help. By the way just think about it: somebody always says that you should be happy for what you have because there are people who give everything to have a life like yours. Ok then. Let's assume that I'm happy. What now? Does this help those people? No. It only helped me. I'm not happy but I will be because there are people who are not. Oh yeah.
I hate it when actions are far from words. Of course I slip sometimes but still I do it only when it concerns myself. Not other people. And even it is about me I still use an opportunity if life throws me one. But I just don't understand people who say that they want to change and to be better or more open-minded but despite having one opportunity after another they give in to smth usual and habitual.
I'm no angel to judge. I'm just starting to find it very hard to stay close to these people. Flaws, shortcomings.. We all have them but we also can't stand some of them in other people. And it is of course up to people to try to change or not. It just depends on how much do these people really need us to be there for them.