your inner grump

On the grand scheme of emotions, grumpiness ranks too low to get its own spinoff movie—hell, it wasn’t even invited to be a part of the emotional superhero team. 

Wars have been fought over love, out of hatred, out of strength, out of virtue, but never, to do this date, out of grumpiness.

And yet can you say you’ve made it this far in the day without experiencing that oft-forgotten friend? Have you gone a week—or even a day—or even an hour—without feeling the inner crotchety old man getting gradually more upset about something? 

It’s hard to say the world would be a better place with more grumpiness in it. But that’s not to say the world would be a better place with absolutely no grumpiness—maybe there’s an argument for shaking hands with our grumpy selves, recognizing that low grade negative emotion is simply that: low grade.

Willing to shrug its shoulders, mumble a few passive aggressive things under its breath, and—most importantly—move on. 

Thank you. Let’s have a great day.