Hello @fiesty76, @johnbishop, I saw this post and just wanted to repeat something I shared some time back that I do not know if you saw.

I once saw a very wise therapist showed me that minimizing my own circumstance was counterproductive to my well-being and mental health.

We all walk through many fires here on Earth in this lifetime. We all have different human endurance thresholds and mental health thresholds.

Most often, while we are thinking someone else's hardships are much worse than our own, they are thinking the same thing; that hours are worse than theirs.

The only thing that works for me is that I know and trust God cares deeply about the details in my/our life/s and that He has a higher purpose in them.

Also knowing and experiencing His ever presence and immeasurable, vast, boundless, sacrificial, unmerrited, deep love for me/us brings me a lot of comfort and His peace through Christ that surpasses all human understanding, Philippians 4:7.

Not to mention the promises we have in eternal life, among which is a new body-Philippians 3:21 and no more tears- Revelation 3:24 ""And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away.-" blessed be the Lord... According to all that He promised; not one word has failed of all His good promise" . 1st Kings 8:56. I can't wait!!

I hope you have a special weekend. I care deeply about your well-being. Sunnyflower 😊