3/22/2026

Posted on 03/22/2026 by chick
  • I often go through periods when my temper seems to be under control. I don’t rise to the bait of people deliberately trying to get under my skin. I am unbothered by the things that normally irritate me. I am forgiving, and I laugh a lot. All seems well. That’s exactly the moment when my temper comes roaring back, as it did today. I am always sorry afterward, and I will do what I can to atone to the person on the receiving end of it, and/or to the Universe. But what I never seem able to do is to either continuously keep up my guard against it or to finally banish the anger at the source of it. I think the anger will always be a part of me, thanks to the way I was raised, and that the anger will always be simmering, thanks to the way the world is going and the feeling of nonstop heartbreak that it causes me. That constant heartbreak makes it so hard to be happy.
  • Perhaps related: I woke up to Peter, Paul, and Mary’s “All My Trials” playing on my mental radio. I’m not sure exactly what prompted it. I haven’t heard the song in a long time, perhaps not since childhood. It’s a very sad song, but at least it’s also beautiful.
  • I went for a walk on the driveway yesterday. I was surprised to see a few lingering patches of snow. I was also surprised to see that the crocuses had already started blooming. I guess I shouldn’t have been surprised by that, though, given that spring had officially begun the day before. The peepers were out a few days ago, too. I bet they love all the rain we’ve been getting. Me not so much, but I am thankful that most of the snow had melted by the time we started getting so much rain.
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