Perception of one's life journey does not, always or necessarily, have to be judged as good or bad. It certainly demands that one take responsibility for all aspects of it, however.

After a bad trip, don't carry your luggage on board the next flight. Stay grounded til you figure out a new way to travel.

The eye of judgment sees at a distance what it refuses to see in it's own reflection.

Considering one's plate is full with circumstance, how senseless is it to assume one is able to digest someone else's hopelessness?