You go by a little boy sitting with his face to the sun. This is the most charming smile you’ve ever seen. 

You pass by a person sitting with their face to the sun, the most content smile you’ve ever seen on their face.
This is the moment when you know everything is going to be alright.

You’ve also seen people who appear to be a shell of their former self.

You see people who are so depressed or grief stricken that their eyes are bloodshot red.

You pass people who have been drinking too much and are stumbling through the parking lot.

You see people who are looking through you with a look of hate or are throwing up on themselves.

You pass by people who are obviously in a drug or alcohol induced stupor.

You see people who have had physical violence in their lives and people who are looking to the next person as if they were the only hope for survival.

These are all things that you see during the month of October in Las Vegas.

You have passed by all these people and you never really notice.

But every year that you live here, you are touched by these people and their struggles.

I have also noticed that while these things happen, you can’t help but walk around with a smile on your face.

There are no other days that you can go to work and be happy.

There are no other days you can go to school and be happy.

There are no other days you can go to church and be happy.

There are no other days that you can do anything and be happy.

There are no other days that you can wake up and not feel sad and depressed.

There are no other days that you can wake up and be happy to be alive.

So, you smile and you laugh and you feel good and then you get back to your life and you find out that life can be happy if you just let it be.

I am not sure if that is the meaning of life.

I do know that there are days where you can’t even look at yourself in the mirror.

You just want to crawl into a hole and never come out.

You just want to be alone and let the sadness consume you and the hate consume you.

You just want to let the sadness consume you, but you don’t.

I know this because I am that person.

I am the one who can’t be happy.

I have come to the conclusion that people are born with a certain personality type.

You can be born a loner or you can be born a social person.

You can be born a party animal or you can be born a homebody.

You can be born a people pleaser or you can be born an independent thinker.

You can be born to be a risk taker or you can be born to be a cautious person.

You can be born to be a big spender or a tight wad.

You can be born to be a go-getter or you can be born to be lazy.

You can be born to be outgoing or you can be born to be a shy and quiet person.

You can be born to be a loner or you can be born to be social.

You can be born to be outgoing or you can be born to be reserved.

You can be born to be a big risk taker or you can be born to be cautious.

You can be born to be a loner or you can be born to be outgoing.

You can be born to be an outgoing social person or you can be born to be an introvert.

You can be born to be a party animal or you can be born to be a homebody.

You can be born to be outgoing or you