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Prompt: When you think of the word childhood what is the first thing that comes to mind and how does it compare to the world today?

When I thought about childhood the first thing that popped into my head was laughter. Back then everything was usually based off my happiness. I rarely thought about about being sad or being hurt or being in pain. I never thought about anything other than the present. Live in the moment right... But when I was a kid I never used to realize how lucky I was to be able to laugh and live life to the fullest because so many people aren't happy enough to do that. I never thought about struggles that people had in their life because I didn't realize that some of the people I saw every day weren't as happy as they seemed to be.

Now when I think of laughter I think of all the people who don't laugh because they are unhappy. Now I understand how those people feel because a lot of days I don't feel like smiling or laughing, but the world needs me to be so I fake it. I now realize how hard it must be to see other people laughing when you are having to pretend to be laughing. Don't get me wrong, I do laugh and sometimes I mean it, but many times faking it is it best choice. If you show that you are unhappy it affects everyone around you. So one of my mottos in life is to fake it 'till you make it.