One thing about perspective: It's not universal, and it also works the other way around. If someone else just hasn't had the kind of experiences you have, telli

One thing about perspective: It's not universal, and it also works the other way around. If someone else just hasn't had the kind of experiences you have, telling them about your own problems (or those of other people) isn't really meaningful. It's the "starving people in China" argument. I'm not saying you're wrong, really, but that even your situation could be considered pretty great by someone who's stuck in a North Korean gulag with his entire family because he sneezed during the wrong part of a public news broadcast. Perspective is helpful when you've gained it and can use it yourself. However, someone else's perspective is only useful to the point that it lines up with yours. Beyond that you usually can't really understand it in a meaningful way and it sounds like empty sentiment.