"We have no one but ourselves to thank for the world in which we appear to be living."

This quote is a part of a sentence from Ernst Von Glaserfeld's "Priliminary Remarks" for An Introduction to Radical Constructivism. He continues on to describe this notion as "precisely what constructivism intends to say." Although I may not interpret it in the same respect as Glaserfeld, I find validity in this statement.
I believe that we, as humans, are capable of deciding what type of world in which we exist. I don't necessarily mean that we are able to decide how we construct our realities, but instead what kind of reality we construct. I feel that we hold the power to control the world we live in as either a positive or negative place. Even though there are elements to life that humans are incapable of controlling, I find it important to utilize the power one has over their own attitute to project it into their surroundings. There are pleasant and unfavorable aspects to every experience & object. Depending on which aspects one directs their focus, one can create the nature of their world.

I aspire to be happy - not necessarily to 'find happiness', but to simply go to sleep at night content. I think that most things are a lot simpler than people choose to perceive them. Nothing is profound. Time is our most valuable investment and I don't care to spend it pondering the ways of the world. I do not mean to portray myself with ignorance towards philosophy, but I have a hard time finding importance in most things when I know that in 70 years my life and whatever I've done with it won't matter to anyone or anything. Why do I need to define my point of view toward the world? I don't enjoy justifying the way that I live if it makes me happy. I am confident in the way that I want to live, how I spend my time, who I surround myself with, and why I am who I am.