I thought this anti/anon blog thing would be a good idea but now I'm second-guessing. It is fun to be anonymous but anonymity has lead me to be more ranty than normal. The average american would probably say "If you are angry let it out, just not in someone's face." I have a different theory because my anger is not subsiding. I don't think anger is like balloon full of air that needs to be released. I think it is more like a flame burning in a candle, that needs to be blown out. So long as it has oxygen, carbon and heat it will continue to burn. You add more of the three, it gets bigger. Just because the flame is getting bigger doesn't mean it will run out of steam and shut itself down. It keeps going. The things that make me angry never go away. People are always people. There are always slow drivers, loud talkers, assholes that hang up on you when you are just doing your job. There are always over-acheivers, plate-lickers, liars. So I always have fuel. I am alive so I have the oxygen. And I am naturally an angry person so the pilot is always lit. The question is, do I combine elements today? Do I want to light the fire? It's a choice for me, and an important choice because for some reason, contrary to the literal sense in most cases, it is a lot easier to light a fire than to put it out.
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