Who is the audience in the show which is your life? How have they reviewed your performance so far? Is the best yet to come? Will they desire an encore?
Many people spend their whole life looking for security; they will never find it. Nothing is truly secure; most things are only reliable, dependable, or maybe reasonably safe. If you seek those items, you may find them, and often; some may last, long enough, for a lifetime.
When I was young, I believed that the sky went on for infinity, and that, there was a boundary to how low you could fall. For me, that meant that there were no limits to happiness, but a definitive depth to sorrow. It seems, that I was somewhat correct about up; yet incredibly wrong about down.
Without hurt, and without pain there would be no way to acknowledge or appreciate, health nor happiness. Of course this statement, in no way implies, that I look forward to them.
Do you need to give respect to people you don't think deserve it? How does "one", prove, that they deserve respect? Do you deserve respect based on those same rules?
In a world which seems to be on fire with conflict; its heartbreaking there appears to be more people adding fuel to the flames, than people volunteering to extinguish them.
Which is more depressing, a rainy day or an empty wallet? All I can say is, that a sunny day can be dampened by an empty wallet; but I don't think I would be bothered by rain with a pocket full of money.