Dedicated to a friend I hold dear.

“The Sages taught: For two and a half years, the schools of Shammai and Hillel disagreed. These said: It would have been better for a person not to have been created than to have been created. And those said: It is better for a person to have been created than not to have been created. They took a vote and concluded: It would have been better for a person not to have been created than to have been created. Now that one has been created—let them examine their actions. (Eruvin 13b)”