Oct 4, 2025 04:47 AM
(This post was last modified: Oct 4, 2025 05:54 AM by Magical Realist.)
Caught myself recently being angry alot for absolutely no reason. Such little things I see on TV or online or while driving pissing me off when they shouldn't be. Of course having a mysterious knee pain hasn't helped. But this is NOT me. And I have no intention of going the way of the cranky old curmudgeon. I can only empathize now with all the aging men out there who live their lives being angry all the time. What a trap it is. I guess that's why so many of them drink a lot. To get some sort of relief from the next fit of rage or cynical obscenity that pops out almost involuntarily. To relax and enjoy at least a few hours of their day not hating something or someone.
So how to stop it? Not sure. But I do believe changing your thoughts is perhaps the best way to do that. We can change what we think about and attend to. Especially by limiting our exposure to politics and the evening newscast that only seems to trigger more outrage and reactionary griping. I've observed how anger tends to keep us in a rut where we keep thinking up new things that will fuel that anger. It thus perpetuates itself like a soul-sucking parasite by directing what we pay attention to. So it's a matter of focusing instead on the good things by habit that are happening all around us. Short circuiting that undercurrent of toxic animosity by connecting to the simple joys and pleasures of being alive. That's the plan at least.
So how to stop it? Not sure. But I do believe changing your thoughts is perhaps the best way to do that. We can change what we think about and attend to. Especially by limiting our exposure to politics and the evening newscast that only seems to trigger more outrage and reactionary griping. I've observed how anger tends to keep us in a rut where we keep thinking up new things that will fuel that anger. It thus perpetuates itself like a soul-sucking parasite by directing what we pay attention to. So it's a matter of focusing instead on the good things by habit that are happening all around us. Short circuiting that undercurrent of toxic animosity by connecting to the simple joys and pleasures of being alive. That's the plan at least.
