Agreed.  In my life so far I see it as sort of distilled to this;-

Discovering Empathy;
Exchanging Empathy;
Seeing Empathy and it's Exchange is abused;
Discovering Immutable Truth;
Exchanging Immutable Truth;
Discovering Immutable Empathy;
Exchanging Immutable Empathy and
Now I wait to see the Reality that introduces and what results.