--- In [email protected], "seekliberation" <seekliberat...@...> wrote: <snip> > Basically, the original post indicated that people are > unusually stressed out at the time being. I, personally > can't figure out why. I know there are some legitimate > stories of tragedy out there, but across the board > people(ESPECIALLY AMERICANS) are having an easier life > as the years and centuries go by.
Centuries and generations, maybe, but it may be a lot to ask that people not feel stressed when their own lives are getting tougher in comparison to what they were a few years ago. And there are a *lot* of legitimate stories of tragedy, or at least significant hardship, out there. I've been lucky, you've been lucky; but food banks across the country, just as one example, are having trouble staying stocked, both because so many people need food and because donations have gone down. > There will still be ups and downs from time to time, > and many 3rd world countries will remain in their > current state for generations to come. But IMO people > are looking through a funnel when they complain about > how hard their lives are, and not looking at the > reality of what it means to be human in its enirety. I suppose that's true. But somehow it doesn't move me to get on a soapbox and tell people to suck it up when they're hurting.
