Time to rise above endless waves of misery

I was talking to a friend of the family over the weekend about life in Ireland — a perspective informed by almost 80 years living here, with a number of wise insights provided.

The first takeaway was that life had, in balance, been good when measured by social interaction, personal safety and healthcare.

The second was a sense of perspective about our current circumstances which, in this person’s opinion, argues that living today stacks up well against prior decades.