While seeking revenge, dig two graves – one for yourself. – Douglas Horton
A previous blog dealt with Anger, particularly Free Floating Anger, and Rage…the tone and mood were ominous.
In response to this blog, a friend commented that at times anger is justified, to which I agree.
Sometimes, I believe, anger also can be tinged with humor, allowing the two to co-exist:
10/29/89
Our lives are spent dealing with
Big things and Little things.
You graduate,
You can’t get a job.
You get married,
You’re getting a divorce.
You’re pregnant.
Congratulations!
It’s triplets.
You get a new job,
Sorry, you’re fired.
You build a new house,
It burns down.
You’re invited to a wedding,
You go to a funeral.
Heart attack, Cancer, Brain tumor.
You survive.
These are the Big things.
They’re large, tangible, visible.
You can embrace them,
Put your hands around them,
Wrestle them to the ground.
You can beat them.
You can win.
Then there are the Little things:
“We’ll install the phone, Tuesday.”
You take the day off.
“Sorry, we meant Thursday.”
Your kids say the water’s fine,
You don’t have a pool.
“This is the ninth and last time
I take the car back to him …
I swear.”
Your dental appointment is at one,
The gynecologist at three.
Twenty‑four for Thanksgiving;
The power goes out.
Your vacation starts tomorrow,
Your temperature is 102.
Your daughter pierced her own ears,
And her girlfriend’s, too.
Her father’s a lawyer,
But he’ll never sue.
These are the Little things
That make us crazy,
Drive us to drink,
And make us disappear
In the middle of the night.
Unlike the Big things
They are small and elusive,
Nearly impossible to catch.
They are with us
From birth until death.
But, if you’re patient and humble,
You can win over them too. – Excerpt
From “I’m Afraid”
Although it is always not possible, I have found that anger approached with a sense of humor has been a saving grace for my peace of mind, and a pathway to forgiveness of circumstances, fellow human beings , and one’s self.
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The saga continues in my next blog.
Do Not Be Afraid!!!