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I'm sorry. We just got back from taking a cat we loved to be cremated.
Yep, that's pretty much it as far as I can tell.
The living part can be good sometimes. There's cheese and purring. But living suffering and dieing pretty much covers it.
If you find comfort in words and ideas, I found the chinese text called the Zhuangzi helped me come to accept the world with less bitterness. It's quite funny and thoughtful, silly and logical.
βHello babies. Welcome to Earth. It's hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It's round and wet and crowded. On the outside, babies, you've got a hundred years here. There's only one rule that I know of, babies - God damn it, you've got to be kind.β
β Kurt Vonnegut
"Everything was beautiful and nothing hurt". Kurt Vonnegut had some great words!