Goms was wondering something today. When is too much...too much? Like....anger. Anger can be good (sorta)....like when you have had enough and you express your anger (in a calm way) to the person who may be causing this anger....and it corrects the problem. But, when we take anger to the extreme....it never has a good outcome. Like taking things out on other people....that is called 'misplaced anger'. But when we use anger to 'wake someone up' to what is bother us....that is a good thing. But when we get so angry that the outcome is damaging....then anger is not a good thing. Also, if we are angry all the time....the effectiveness of anger is dissipated. We just appear to be an 'angry person' and people will make a very wide berth around you.....just to avoid what you may be thinking is you, just 'letting off steam'. So the important thing to remember is what context of 'anger' you are exhibiting. Letting off steam.....is a good thing. Staying an 'angry person' all the time....not so much.
Then, the subject of our beliefs came to mind. It is never a good idea to try to make anyone else believe the way you believe. Just as it is not a good idea for anyone else to try to make you believe their way. Just the other day, someone said they thought of my belief system to be metaphysical. At first, I thought that the person was using it as a dismissive adjective for the way I believe. So, I looked up the word metaphysical. The definition is:
Metaphysics is a branch of philosophy concerned with explaining the fundamental nature of being and the world,[1] although the term is not easily defined.[2] Traditionally, metaphysics attempts to answer two basic questions in the broadest possible terms:
- "What is there?"
- "What is 'IT' like?"[3]
So, back to the 'too much' topic for today.....we can also ask how a family ever gets into a feud that makes them permanent enemies? It is hard to comprehend how a family can live in the same home, with the same parents and siblings, and grow up together in that family dynamic and then some time when they are adults....they combust and the family becomes enemies of one another. Combustion....that is a curious word. It means: an uproar or clamor. Or a ballyhoo, a big stink, ferment, fuss, revolt or a vexation. YUP....that pretty much sums it up. It is too much of someone or something. My mother used to say.....'Familiarity breeds contempt.' That means that when we are with someone for 'too long'...things begin to feel prickly about them. It is easy to feel that they are getting on our nerves. When we are a family...our parents are always making us 'be nice' and 'play nice with our brothers or sisters'. But what is happening in reality is.....they are driving us up the wall. Just being related is not a precursor to liking someone. You may love them but you certainly don't always LIKE them.
So, this too much stuff can really apply to anything. 'Too much of a good thing.' i.e. if you eat too much candy....you get sick. Or if you have a nice, thick, juicy steak for breakfast, lunch and supper every day....you will tire of it. And that is why it is also a miracle that a man and a woman can live together year in and year out without killing each other. lol
Gommy better end this blog....RIGHT NOW....because it may be becoming TOO LONG. The idea here is to use moderation in everything. In the foods we eat, in the politics we have, in the religions we practice, and in being in someones' face too much. So.....moderate yourselves my little Peeps. You can do it....Gommy is pulling for ya' - Hugs & Mush- Gommy
