Buddy, I just try to be aware of my community and try to help out whenever I can. Making other people's lives easier is gratifying to me. No, I can't solve the world's problems. I wish that wasn't the case, but it is.

I'm a high school drop out and started working in kitchens when I was 15. I'm 28 now, barely upper middle class, but things are getting better. My mom is schizophrenic, and her being a single mother of five, life was difficult for me and my siblings. But all of us still love her dearly, even though she made our lives hell when we were young.

I've met the sweetest meth heads you could imagine working in this industry. One of my dearest friends, one of the kindest men I was lucky enough to know, passed away from overdosing on heroin about six months ago.

I have every reason to delve into some nihilistic view of the world. But I can't, I won't, because the world isn't so dark. I have been so lucky to know so many wonderful people, to be capable of helping others, and to have had people help me.

You aren't responsible for the horrible things that humanity has done, you're only responsible for yourself and your actions.