Mowing Harmoniously, Keeping Anger at Bay

MILLIONS OF AMERICANS  own large lovely homes with large lovely green lawns, and lawn mowing is a national pasttime. What is remarkable is how seldom it all ever creates any problems, for anyone. In fact, it works out great. People get work as lawn caretakers, and or home owners get good exercise, and nobody ever complains, hardly. Nobody seems to have problems with the money, the noise, or the work. 

Considering how many things americans get mad at each other about, this is truly noteworthy. Oh, well, yes, undoubtedly there are times when some eccentric citizen cuts grass at midnight, and arouses a bit of neighborly wrath. But all in all, we endure each other's noisy lawnmowers with equanimity, and you know damned good and well that there is nothing more annoying thant being in the middle of a favorite movie or CD or video game, when suddenly, the lawn mower next door kicks in. We just all accept it, put up with it, for good reason.

We don't want our neighbors showing any anger towards us when WE mow our lawn, tomorrow.

But woe be to whomever drives too slowly in front of an american motorist in a hurry. There, we can all show our anger, (and our asses) without fear of certain retribution. So its off to the races, tailgate city, honkin' 'n starin' with a 'tude. There, out on the open road, we needn't bury our anger, hiding and disguising it, as we do on mowing day.

For a long time now we have been told that whatever is inside one must come out, it is unhealthy and stressful to conceal anger without any expression of it. So, we express it. Boy, do we express it!

And maybe, just maybe, the self expressionism movement has gone a bit too far, along with the road rage. Emotional freedom, coupled with arrognace and   sense of enormous personal entitlement can be a powerful intoxicant.

If we don't get upset with our neighbors, at least outwardly, for cutting grass, should we really ever get upset, outwardly, with anyone for anything? Or might it be better to regard the actions of other people like we do earthquakes, hurricanes, tornados, and volcanos, as natural forces utterly beyond our control, and thus, unworthy of resistance, escept personal survival.

Bb

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