Just take a deep breath and do what you need to do. Fear is the mind killer

I'd rather live

Those who never fall can never rise

Hardly, either they worked their ass off to get the best of everything or they were given it at birth.

One way they can't enjoy it because of all the suffering they had to go through to get it. The other way they can't enjoy it because it's all they have ever known.

Life is what you make it

It means that you can be happy without the goat and tractor. You don't need anything material to be happy, it's all what you make of it

Not everyone is capable of doing the religion thing. Just because it works for you doesn't mean it works for everyone

I think that's what a lot of people don't realize. True happiness is mudane, it's not anything earth shattering or overpowering. It's a day to day thing, small bits at a time slowly. With ups and downs and everything in-between, but it feels like we've been conditioned to expect some level of engagement and fulfilment that just doesn't seem to be sustainable or achievable.

Also, it's not like you have ownership over these peoples suffering exclusively. There's many other thousands of people that are also their direct descendants too

If there's anything I've learned about making progress is it's always going to be slower than you want it to be. You've just got to trust you're moving in the right direction and never stop