I have one thing to say today. (A long thing, for sure.)

[biophile]

5. Well joy is evanescent and very individualized

It is always fleeting, it seems. There are people in this world who would seem to have many blessings but are still unhappy or depressed. And no one is really in a place to give advice to someone else whose life experience is different. So I can only wish that you can make peace with your own life as it is.

I was at a seminar where the speaker said we choose this life before we are born. I had to speak up and disagree! You’re telling me that a child in Gaza chose to be born there and have a life of fear and deprivation; having their family killed and their self being maimed by bombs? I don’t believe that! And I wanted others in the seminar to know that this vaunted speaker might not be right about everything he said.
But my point is that, while I don’t believe we choose our circumstances and may not deserve our circumstances, we can choose to accept it as it is. And that can bring some peace, if successful.
I wish you peace!