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There are billions of people worse off than us.
And we don't even spend the time to adequately contemplate this.
Yet, it's not because we're selfish; it's because we're distracted.
It's not about whether we feel guilty; it's about whether we see beyond our delusions.
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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön
Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot
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