You know when I say it, my folks look at me like crazy. I tell them, getting married is not something I think about and bringing children into this world scares me. So much evil walks the streets.
I think I have always had wider perspectives of human behavior. I am not surprised when negative things happen. I am mostly stunned when something good happens. That is why those little things you mentioned make me smile, make me dream but reality has a way of blindsiding you and you realise that it is still the same. Your brother has the right of it.