It reminds me of a book from Murray Bookchin (Post-Scarcity Anarchism)

Need to read something from him.

" Life is a lemon. Life is a lemon and I want my money back." And then he goes on to make an analogy with the lemon by comparing it to life and saying that at first glance, the lemon (aka life) looks appealing to the eye to the point where you want to bite into it. But once you do so, life catches up with you and you start to feel the acidic juice of the lemon in your mouth and its aggressive taste on your palace. Super interesting he then goes on to compare it to capitalism and says that it's precisely what the capitalist system does to us: extract as much (productivity) juice from us as humanely possible.

Interesting view on things. Need to read the book, to see how he gets to his ideas. Love to check the world views of people who succeed in their fields, as Bookchin (starts with Book) as a writer did.

I'm on the dark side in here (but don't be afraid, we have cookies), as I still believe in capitalism more than in socialism/communism. I've lived my childhood in communism and post-communism and it wasn't that pretty and an utopia as described by many. Capitalism, as I see it, it should help the individual to become a greater good for him/her as a being, only like this it can help others. Don't want to get into politics as people get very upset on this topics and sometimes is worse to talk about it than religion :)))

Now back to your story, you've made it and you are a fighter and you should remind yourself everyday that no one can bring you down, despite the acid lemons that attack your palace :)