Grumpy Old Men

I was recently thinking of some advice my dad once gave me, when he explained how one becomes a grumpy old man. He told me that dealing with jerks, crooks, and just plain annoying people will drag you down over the years and make you very bitter. I can see how this is happening to people around me. All the 'jerks' in life can really make you bitter. However, I was never told exactly how to counteract this effect. One way would be apathy. If you don't care then it won't really bother you. But apathy has a undesirable side effect. It seems to suck your soul away. Not caring is definately not the answer. But perhaps the answer is to enrich you life the best you can. If you surround yourself with people and things that make you happy, this 'sweetness' may balance the bitterness in everyday life. (See Passion, Jan 21, 06).