Perhaps the best way to carry the burden of life like our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ carried the Holy Cross, is to think of nothing else but the interests of others.
Because if you were to examine the turpitude and moral laxity of even your most dear associates, you would be hard pressed to find any redeeming value in those quarters.
Fact is we are all self-interested bastards: from the moment we emit our first wail of hunger to the moment we exhale our last breath of relief.
But the most important thing to remember is this: Liberty is the Point of Life.
Whatever you make of yourself, make yourself free. Free from the opinions of others, free from hunger, free from the oppression of the State or your entourage, free from need and want.
Make yourself Free and you will never want anything else.
Until then, continue to carry your burden and help your family and friends, even when the task becomes unbearable. Our Lord did much more than you ever could, and he also died for you.
So, stop complaining and carry on.
Life will do the rest.
P.S. Little did I know about life and people when 19 years ago I was landing in a foreign land, on a new continent, after a long rain that made everything smell and feel like the wrong country altogether.
Götterdämmerung 