Asking Eric: I feel bitter about these people's picayune complaints
Briefly

"I keep having the same unkind thought: I am preparing for death and everyone else is on Instagram. How can everyone else be so caught up in their little problems when life is so fragile and so fleeting?"
"The shortsightedness of others grates on you, use it as a reminder that they haven't done the work that you have. And that they are, to paraphrase Ian McLaren, fighting a battle we know nothing about."
"Bitterness steals crumbs of your gratitude and awe. So, use the bitter feeling as an alarm: Alert! This person isn't in the same place I am."
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