Great well packed carry-on suitcase.

I'll make a slight change to "yes, but" that I and a few others prefer. "Yes, yet..."

What you wrote about cynicism reminds me of what I heard on the latest episode of Chicago, P.D. that I streamed last night. Trudy was advising Atwater about guilt. Paraphasing as I didn't write it down, she said to him "You can drown in it or it can have purpose."