When I think of the many blessings I have been given, it is almost hard to think of life without the them. Yet, the very things I take for granted, daily, are the things other parts of the world struggle to find. Even the life of a poor lowly college freshman would seem heaven for a child in a third world country. Put yourself in their shoes-if only they had them...put your child in them. Where would you find fresh water? Where would you use the restroom? The answer for us might be difficult, but as the picture demonstrates life can still be lived.
In truth, those who live in those conditions make it life. They take raw material-literally-and create happiness. A talk given by President Thomas S. Monson shows us that we are given the "challenge of raw materials, not the ease of furnished things. [God] leaves the pictures unpainted and the music unsung and the problems unsolved, that man might know the joy and glories of creation" (Page 2). What makes this picture beautiful, is not in the display or contrast of the color, rather it is found in the eyes of the children, creating something out of nothing. The children play on the dirt removed for the latrine system and do it because it is a part of them, as it is a part of us. All nations and people have the desire to create, and although this photo might comes from the lonely corners of Tanzania, those idea are very similar to ours.

Salgado, Sebastiao. Photograph. Migrations: Humanity in Transition. Aperture. Web. New York, 2000. 175

Monson, Thomas S. In Quest of the Abundant Life. Web. Ensign, Mar 1988. Feb. 11. 2