Health, wealth and happiness are the three prongs of quality of life that everyone always references. On a larger level, we all want to live in a society built upon freedom, equality, and justice.

These attributes seem so simple, and yet we so easily forget them. We so quickly yearn for more, for less substantive circumstances in life, that fade so swiftly when we really examine priorities.

It all comes down to the question we must ask ourselves individually and on a societal level: who do we want to be? The universe is a canvas, ready for our masterpiece across time—what will we paint?