Sometimes we lose a sense of perspective in our bubble I think. Or at least I do. The micro of hurts become very macro in my mind until I realise how micro my problem really is in the context of someone else's situation. Obviously what happens to us is felt way more keenly because it is us, and we can't be unruffled simply because there are many in the world who might be suffering more. I suppose one can be grateful that one is not having it worse and yet feel a little disheartened by the micro things that befall one?

I sure wish I could have the greater context of the world firmly in my head so I don't take the minor hits too badly. The problem is it's only much later that a sense of perspective sets in... after I have been through a bit of the drama queen phase ;) Maybe that's natural... it's a bit like when fire touches you, you are going to feel the burn for a moment and forget everything else. You aren't going to be able to ignore the minor burn because it could have been a more severe calamity or others have faced more severe burns...after a while you might feel grateful it wasn't worse but not when you are actually hurting. Maybe one just has to accept one's humanness :)