Excellent post! (It's humiliating to see hints of my own youthful anger-against-the-world in what you wrote. I actually owe a saner and calmer existence to a sensitive dog I owned. Game changer.)
It seems to have been with humanity for a long, long time — perceived success/ability/power grants permission. (I was a top-notch programmer, so my corporation put up with me. A very unfortunate lesson to learn.) In western storytelling, our heroes have long been "anti-" in some fashion, and even lawbreakers in service of some perceived greater good. (How many "heroes" have you seen *steal* *a* *car* in order to chase some bad guys?)
I think that mindset rather explains where we find ourselves today.
Rage intrigues me. It as a sustained mental state of anger blended with weakness, one that lingers, ebbs and flows, and never abates. It is a behavior pattern born of faulty learning skills when it comes to dealing with frustrations and adversity as a child.
When I encounter rage in others, I am forgiving because I know they are expressing a really shitty introduction to a world they were never taught to deal with.
Hey Albert, read that story, crazy!
Excellent post! (It's humiliating to see hints of my own youthful anger-against-the-world in what you wrote. I actually owe a saner and calmer existence to a sensitive dog I owned. Game changer.)
It seems to have been with humanity for a long, long time — perceived success/ability/power grants permission. (I was a top-notch programmer, so my corporation put up with me. A very unfortunate lesson to learn.) In western storytelling, our heroes have long been "anti-" in some fashion, and even lawbreakers in service of some perceived greater good. (How many "heroes" have you seen *steal* *a* *car* in order to chase some bad guys?)
I think that mindset rather explains where we find ourselves today.
Thank you Wyrd, I appreciate your honesty and I wholeheartly agree with you.
Rage intrigues me. It as a sustained mental state of anger blended with weakness, one that lingers, ebbs and flows, and never abates. It is a behavior pattern born of faulty learning skills when it comes to dealing with frustrations and adversity as a child.
When I encounter rage in others, I am forgiving because I know they are expressing a really shitty introduction to a world they were never taught to deal with.
Another excellent post.
Thanks Roger