"Life is what you make it" is not true, coz everything is not in our hands like our environment and the people who make up this environment. Somebody here said on the radio that the key to your happiness lies in your own hands. I think that's crap too, for the same reason. Like you, I, too, am fearful that things wont get better - it can only get worse. People have lost the humanity touch nowadays and dont care what happens to others as long as they are happy and unperturbed.