Whether the world is a good place or a bad place is just perspective. Your happiest memories will have coincided with someone else’s tragedy.

My grandparents had a whirlwind romance of epic proportions at the same time the Holocaust was happening.

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JustNik · 51-55, F Best Comment

I think of this often. It puts my own troubles in perspective and makes me profoundly grateful for every peaceful day I have.