For better or for worse, I am a passionate person. I feel things deeply … the good AND the bad. And, it takes only the smallest thing to inspire these deep emotions: I can be on top of the world just because I found an excellent parking spot or managed not to oversleep. Likewise, however, something relatively small or insignificant can darken my mood. Let’s not talk about the really great or bad things.
I keep these emotions carefully in check… particularly the bad ones. I have always been a happy person and try to take things in stride, to push aside the disappointment or hurt or anger when it bubbles up, and for the most part, I’m pretty darn successful.
But I have to tell you, I’m really disappointed this afternoon… and not disappointed in myself (which, God help me, I’m used to feeling), but rather disappointed in *other* people, which is the absolute worst for me to deal with, because there’s not a damned thing I can do about it.