Personal Disasters

I find it really difficult to feel like life is worth living when I hear about the horrible things people have to deal with. Generally life goes on without major troubles, but then disaster strikes. I'm not talking about the earthquake, tsunami and such in Japan; although that is a terrible, terrible situation. But the things I fear are the personal disasters, the troubles we find ourselves in due to bad decisions, other peoples bad decisions, and just the basic shit that comes with being alive.

Thanks to anti-depression medication I have my depression under a modicum of control, but I just found out that my nephew is in a lot of trouble with the law as well as having his girlfriend die in his home, while they were both taking a Sunday afternoon nap. Granted, the two of them have made some lousy decisions in their lives, but still, my heart aches for him, for my sister, for his girlfriend's loved ones. I can't help but wonder if life is good enough to warrant going through such difficult times. My other sister lost her only child to a freak caving accident several years ago and now this sister has some horrible days/weeks/months ahead of her. When I think about all of the suffering in the world I get overwhelmed. I hate feeling this way about life, but I'm at a lost as to how to feel differently.