You have what you have...

We've all been told things like

• there's starving children out there
• people are dying
• people your age have bigger problems than you can imagine
• you shouldn't complain
• you have it so much better than a lot of people

Throughout my whole life, I just remember thinking, "Some has it worse. I shouldn't compare my little problem to someone else's big problem". 

I was feeling guilty for having problems...


But you know what I learned?
Yes, someone has it worse, but it doesn't make my problems matter any less to me.  
It wasn't until I read The Perks of Being a Wallflower, that it finally hit me. Someone put my feelings into words before I even knew what those feelings were. 
Here's the quote from the book:
“I think that if I ever have kids, and they are upset, I won't tell them that people are starving in China or anything like that because it wouldn't change the fact that they were upset. And even if somebody else has it much worse, that doesn't really change the fact that you have what you have.” 
I don't know why, but I've been thinking about this for days and needed to vent? 
What I really want to say is, if you have "first world problems", then know that it is completely acceptable for you to feel upset over those things. Don't let anyone tell you to stop feeling a certain way just because someone has it worse. It doesn't change the fact that you have what you have.