He meant it as a pacifying comment, not one to remark that the conversation had been boring or anything. It actually hadn't been. Finding somebody else that was so changed by some event in their life and didn't share prison time with him was interesting.
"I hope you can work things out. It's not easy, but it's worth it. I'm not quite to where Charlie is, he's all at peace with himself in ways I just don't think I can reach. But it looks like a nice place to be."