I keep thinking about how my grandmother lived through the Depression and World War Two and raised six kids and here I am having a breakdown because my wifi is slow and I feel like such a failure compared to previous generations.
More people experience this than they realize.
The mind creates suffering by comparing present struggles to an idealized past, obscuring the universal nature of human difficulty across all eras.
“Where Are You with Philosophy of history?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.