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Originally Posted by Muffinpuncher
Why do so many elderly become angry? Sure some have always been angry, but why do so many more become angry with age ? It would seem people should be more appreciative of a long life and all the enjoyment they had. Even if a persons life wasn’t that “great” they still lived longer than many. Doesn’t sunshine, a fresh breeze a baby’s giggle still mean something ?
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Curiously enough, the sunshine means more to me now than when I was younger. Each day when I open the garage and step out on the apron, it is "Good Morning, Sun-Shine! (even if it is cloudy)........Good Morning, Cowgirl!"
Angry....or bitter or is there a difference?
My Mother said with old men, bitterness comes from that they have a belief and that belief is reinforced by listening only to one source of information. Hence, possibly (for I have run into similar circumstances), one gets to believe the whole world is like that.
When I expressed in the conversation with Mom that I hope I am never that bitter, she said, "How can you be? You have those two (then) adorable kittens!".
A, B, C.
A: As such, I try to take the easy view, if insane, of life and maintain my angelic ways through that. This morning, for example, I greeted on departure the big dog that often charges my car with "Hello, old friend!". This is my Zodiac Sign which others say describes me to a T.
Dreamy, romantic, old fashioned, always playful. This is the personality with the most active fantasy life. Capable of going to any length to act out the favorite fantasy, such is an expert role player - whether silk and lace and carousel horses or leather and armor and furs. (Zodiac Sign-ZS) will adapt to any one's moods and leave such breathless with intensity.
ZS is very emotional, chases rainbow, and can be wounded easily. Such is the gentle, fragile spirit that needs protection-and usually gets it. Few can resist the tenderness and capacity for love. But beware; just as ZS is fragile, once broken, ZS is capable of anything to return to that delicate soul.
ZS is mostly attracted to the artistic, moody temperament; versatility and adaptiveness enables ZS to be the perfect partner for anyone who likes to act out fantasies, going along with anything wished, as long as ZS can be a work of art, a paragon, a creature of beauty.
ZS have smooth, sleek skin, firm, curvaceous bodies. They often feel themselves to be more akin to romantic bygone eras - King Arthur's Court, 18th Century France, or Renaissance Italy. Equally, some feel as it they are misplaced angels.
ZS is physically energetic anywhere and everywhere, where they surrender to the passion of the moment with complete and utter abandon. But do not be fooled; this surrender is not to allow the passion to take them, but, rather, to open the gates so they may thrive on it. ZS adore being swept off their feet.
That's my ZS personalty, I believe it, I remember it, I live by it.
But part of what we might be talking about here is that so many of us have been told to grow up and leave our childhoods behind. Look at those who burn me at the stake for having figurines, for having stuffed animals. No absolute proof of it but that may be part of it that in the end if we have given up the beginning, there are those who are angry to be at the here and now without the happiness of before.
B: On believing the world is one way. In the early 90s, I was involved with a Bisexual mailing group. We had such conversations and fun together. We were all family.......and I had lost sight that the world wasn't like that. Fast forward a little bit, I am at a cousin's wedding, the night before, all us "kids" together in the rented bar, and Melissa Etheridge is in the news on the bar TV and someone is talking about burning her kind at the stake. I was shocked but as said, I had forgotten that my little neighborhood wasn't the world.
C: Finally, I think for many people, being angry....and mean....is easier than being nice. As previously stated in other threads, being angelic is what I am. I like being angelic, I get off on it. And as such, I may be to the extreme of being good, at point that most of the population doesn't get close to. Hence, with nice on one shoulder and mean on the other, it may be easier for them to engage being mean.....especially if it means they are right and get to feel good about it.
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