Is there something about getting older that makes you more susceptible to irritation?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I’ve always had limited patience with certain things, people with no common sense, bad drivers, etc., but looking back on the last few years I’ve noticed my patience is almost non-existent. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Irritation with everything is more normal than patience over a few things. It’s as if the scales have tipped.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Do all those little annoyances just pile up on their side of the scale until there is no way for the other side to balance?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Had I known I would have tried to be less annoyed earlier in life; added more of those easy moments of patience to the tray.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Instead here I am only half way through life and I’m pretty sure at this rate the scale is just going to break, burying me under a pile of grumps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If you see me trying to buy a rocking chair for my front porch to comfortably yell at passersby, please try to distract me with a cute puppy until I’ve forgotten how comfy it would be to sit out there under a quilt like a crazy lady.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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