We, the People – are Aimlessly Angry.
by Pete Fasciano, Executive Director 04/23/2023
Recently I sat with a long-time friend about to retire. In our casual conversation I
switched to my ersatz ‘Mr. Media’ voice.
“Annnd, we’re back live discussing Bob’s upcoming retirement – wrapping up a career after 16 years behind the counter at his most recent job. Tell us, Bob – What was the best part of a day on the job?”
“The People.”
– Interesting – and what was the worst aspect of your workday?
“The People.”
He went on to explain that in the normal course of any day there were folks who were gracious, civil, kind. There were also people who were horribly rude, angry at the world, and not the easiest to satisfy. As a general take-away, Bob saw that the more recent exchanges with his clients were trending in the wrong direction.
“These days more people seem to have a longer face; a shorter fuse.”
Our New Normal has taken on an impatient impertinence – a subtle, simmering of background frustrations. These can emerge as displaced anger that pervades the day-to-day of everyday – of ordinary life.
True, that each of us carries our own bag of personal frustrations. We can begin to move our personal New Normal in a more positive direction. Through the smallest acts of simple thoughtful civility, we can reframe our day, our general outlook.
We can choose to be a positive moment in someone else’s New Normal. Even the
smallest exercise of social graces can make our own New Normal all the better. What is our normal – new or otherwise? It can be what we choose to make of it. We can be those people who are remembered as the best part of someone’s day.
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