> rarely have I heard someone say “well I said I’d be happy when this happened, it’s happened, and now I’m happy I've heard this, but only from people who had

> rarely have I heard someone say “well I said I’d be happy when this happened, it’s happened, and now I’m happy I've heard this, but only from people who had been in an very shitty situation and then got out. Happiness is a state of mind, but misery is a set of circumstances, and the latter precludes the former unfortunately.