Transon and Matt were watching some documentary about janitors working at prestigious universities. The last line one of the guys said about life, "and I'm very happy to have experienced it even if it was painful"
That reminds me of a lot of things GK Chesterton said in his autobiography. A couple below:
The aim of life is appreciation; there is no sense in not appreciating things; and there is no sense in having more of them if you have less appreciation of them. I originally said that a cockney lamp-post painted pea-green was better than no light or no life; and that if it was a lonely lamp-post, we might really see its light better against the background of the dark....
In short, as it seems to me, it matters very little whether a man is
discontented in the name of pessimism or progress, if his discontent
does in fact paralyse his power of appreciating what he has got.
The real difficulty of man is not to enjoy lamp-posts or landscapes,
not to enjoy dandelions or chops; but to enjoy enjoyment.
To keep the capacity of really liking what he likes;
