re: Does anyone wish life was just fricking easier?

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This is so stupid to tell someone. You’re basically invalidating what anyone is going through with this nonsense. There are also people who have it better. Who cares about what other people have.

It’s ok to offer compassion, empathy, and sympathy instead of some empty, meaningless cliche.

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Depends. If someone just lost a loved one, then yeah it's pretty asinine to tell them "Suck it up. Could be worse."

But life is about perspective and expectations. Some people are legitimately unhappy for no other reason than that they don't rake in 6 figures or have 50,000 followers on Instagram.

That's not a healthy perspective on life. So sometimes people do need a wake-up call that life could be a lot tougher and that they should focus more about what opportunities they do have instead of worrying about what they don't have.

Not saying that's the case of the OP. I'm just saying in general.