Well, one way to cope with them is to bring them from the preconscious, hardly articulated \u201cmood\u201d level to explicit and expressed consciousness, so here are some that have come up lately. They\u2019re minor, residues of childish desires, but saying them neutralizes them a bit:
– Having to put away stuff. I don\u2019t mind taking things out and playing with them or preparing them to eat in a way I like, but then… what?! The bread needs to be put away again?? Awww, man. And that\u2019s just the tip of the iceberg.
– Having to give away toys that my grandkids didn\u2019t play with. Before I could get to these, they shifted over to electronic gadgets and sit with their thumbs poking some little thingamajig. I want to say, but these other toys are so cute that even I want to play with them. Then we\u2019re reminded of that little section of the song, \u201cChristmas is for Children.\u201d
\u201cThat electric train \/ That no one could tempt papa with\u2026
Will someone explain, why it’s all that papa will bother with!
I guess Christmas is for children—but aren’t we all children
Christmas day?\u201d<\/p>\n
Reflecting on annoyances, there are some others:
– Gravity. That darn gravity is trying to get me, trip me up, throw me off balance, make everything seem so heavy, it\u2019s everywhere. You gotta watch out for it.
– Having to fight gravity even in my own body: Stand up straight! All around me are peers who have given in to slouching, bending over. They don\u2019t seem to worry. But not me! I\u2019ll just raise my crown to God, pull my shoulders back, and stand at attention! Take that, you ol\u2019 gravity!
– Wondering about inexplicable decay, in the house, among my teeth, in my body. A little extra flabbiness here that wasn\u2019t here before; a few wrinkles there that weren\u2019t there before. At least I didn\u2019t notice them. It\u2019s not fair!<\/p>\n
Another part of me observes all this critically and yet indulgently: Ah, yes, traces of emotional swirls are still attached to primal cognitive processes, which is another way of saying that we\u2019re all still kids in our heart, a little bit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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