Angry Woman

Epictetus wrote, "If you do not wish to be prone to anger, do not feed the habit; give it nothing which may tend to its increase.  At first, keep quiet and count the days when you were not angry:  I used to be angry every day, then every other day, next every two, then every three days!  And if you succeed in passing thirty days, sacrifice to the gods and give thanksgiving."

I decided to try it.  I haven't made it one day yet.  I was doing pretty good today, but then I just read Sarah Palin's speech.  Argh!  I've enjoyed my blog because its nice to look back and reflect, but I don't want it to turn into a b*tch session column, complaining, ranting and angry about this or that.  But seriously, a woman running for the vice presidency and calling herself a "gal."  Seriously?  As in, "Take it from a gal who knows . . . " what?  I can't even get into it.  The evangelical pastor that invited McCain and Obama for Q & A session comes to mind.  Obama was asked if he believed that evil exists.  After reading Palin's speech, my answer is YES, evil does exist.  I can't even say anymore about that because that would be "feeding the habit."  What can I do?  Maybe I'll call the Dem. headquarters tomorrow to see if I can do anything to help.  

I'll try again tomorrow to not get angry.  Its harder than I thought.  I never realized that a bipolar, schizophrenic x-boyfriend from Boulder may have been onto something when he nicknamed me "angry woman."  But that's another story.