When You’re Stuck in Your Own Little World, Everything Feels Unique — Until You See How Universal It All Is

When you live in a small bubble, it’s easy to feel like your struggles are uniquely hard, bitter, or even heroic. But when you get the chance to see into other people’s lives, you realize how incredibly diverse the world is. You’re just one real presence among the masses. It’s like going to the doctor: every patient feels their illness is one of a kind, but to the doctor, there’s really no difference. The uniqueness and universality of life coexist in this very real way. #readingnotes#