Other people's problems are so much more interesting than our own. Since they don't actually impact us we can be as upset as we like without messing up our own

Other people's problems are so much more interesting than our own. Since they don't actually impact us we can be as upset as we like without messing up our own real life (we tend to think). Where I am, it's coming on spring, the daffodils are up, the ice storms were not terribly destructive and were amazingly beautiful, and it's looking to be a bumper crop year for livestock and puppies. What we see in the world is what we chose to look at. There's joy around you when you need it. Its "safe" stress and angst we go hunting for.