No, you don't really understand.

Sometimes when people try to empathise with you, they would say 'Yeah, I understand' but sadly this isn't always true.

Their empathy is muchly appreciated but it really is hard to fully understand how someone feels, especially in a hard situation.

With that said, it is hard for people to know exactly how each other feels about something because their experience and perception on a matter would be different.

You'll never know how this feels. Not until you put yourself in my shoes. or not until you go through what I'm going through or went through. However, I'm still thankful.

Side note:
You may not always get what you want, but I think it's more important to get what you need than what you want.

Goal for the new year: only purchase things that I truly really NEED rather than want.

-Daniel