Life is full of up’s and down’s and they are unavoidable. But they are not necessarily linked. One doesn’t justify the other.
Totally agree.
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Yes…!
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A lot of the Birds I bumped into seemed to have a lack of understanding 
I’m sure you mansplained to them.
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Probably.
what is near?
what is far?
depends entirely on your mobility
what is too high
depends on your height
all things are relevent-ish
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Yes I think it is true, I certainly appreciate the good after experiencing bas times.
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The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly…
Or not. For sure I have had a few broken limbs and things but I no problems with horrible people.
I don’t know if people who have always had a secure roof over their head and food in their belly and someone to care for them do appreciate those things quite as much as people who have experienced long periods of an unstable home life, hunger or neglect.
Ever since I left home and started earning my own money, I have thanked my lucky stars that I no longer have to hide under the stairs when the rent man knocked on the door.
Even when I was living in a YWCA hostel, with very basic facilities, I appreciated having a roof over my head, a warm bed and food in my belly.
Some people may have turned their nose up at such basic facilities but, to me, it seemed like a Palace - and a haven of security.
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By that reasoning, people who haven’t been in excruciating pain for years of their life can’t feel the goodness of good health.
It seems to me that everyone has felt some level of pain and deprivation and most people know it’s not something they want.
They can still feel the goodness of a good situation.
At some level, if the pain or deprivation is high enough, it’s more a fear of not going back than an increased feeling of goodness for a good situation.
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I am not sure what you mean when you say “By that reasoning …” when you quoted my post.
I began by saying “I do not know if …” … I thought that made it clear that I did not (and could not) know how people who had not experienced what I had would feel.
The same goes for people who have lived with chronic pain - I would never claim to know how they feel.
I think I do take my good health for granted and I do not know how I would feel or how I would cope if I had a chronic ill-health condition.
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Ah, I see. That’s generally a colloquialism but you meant it literally.
Taking it literally means, at least for you, you can only speak for yourself on this issue. Does that extend to others?
Extending that more generally, everyone can only speak for themselves on this issue.
Then perhaps, some people can appreciate the good without experiencing the bad but others have to experience the bad for themselves before they can appreciate the good.
It just depends on how they see it for themselves.
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What about those who only experience the bad and never know what the good feels like?
So we could even look at what the definition of ‘Good’ or ‘Bad’ is…I think it’s relative…
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No bad experiences necessary as I can recognise something nice when it comes along 
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we all populate our own ‘world’
as i always told my son
dont expect bananas if you only plant turnips…
try and do good whenever possible
because if your a twatt then know you will live in a twatts world
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Apparently, you do if you reside in Israel🤬
I am not a Jew, tho it has long been rumored that the lost tribe ended up in Scotland, but in the early sixties i really thought long and hard about migrating there [but got married insted] so have carried that place in my heart all those years… so next spring…lol
I remember when living on a kibbutz was in vogue.
yes it sounded very socialisty social… ran by the people for the people
to my mind it was these people who made Israel…