7/11/18

Today’s Horoscope

All Signs:
Some days, everyone seems to annoy us. It feels like everything everyone does gets on our nerves. We say “we woke up on the wrong side of bed”, and just figure we are in a bad mood for no reason, or that people are acting particularly moronic today.
The thing is, it’s not that common to have wild mood swings, and if you think about it, the people in your life probably aren’t doing anything different than they always have. Now, the things they do is making you angry and petulant. The only thing that has changed is you.
A lot of the time we get annoyed at people we love because we are mad at something else. The thing that upsets us a lot of the time is things we can’t strike back at, not in an immediate, satisfying way. Maybe it’s your job or your boss, maybe it’s financial woes or uncertainty about the future, or relationship drama or insecurities. It might just be the state of the world in general, and the helplessness you feel when you see how overwhelming it all is. You can’t really yell at those things, or even see a tangible target at times.
So you look around for a target, and you usually see your friends and family. You become hypercritical, and find anything to take your rage out on. True, most of that rage is probably inside your head, but it feels good to think that everyone else is stupid sometimes. It is a strange thing that we feel like we are getting positive reinforcement from negative action. We aren’t, of course. It doesn’t really solve anything, and it usually leaves you feeling empty and ashamed.
Many times though, when we find ourselves picking apart everyone we know and finding things to be upset about, it’s because we are really upset or disappointed in ourselves. We might be mad at ourselves for something totally unrelated, or we might be jealous, or ashamed at some way we handled things, so we get mad at people who are just simply living their lives. We see them happy, and it annoys us because we aren’t happy right now, or because they are being happy without including us. We hear them mention something that we don’t agree with, and we instantly decide that they are morons and wonder what we ever saw in them. We look for any reason to get upset at anyone else rather than face what is bothering us about ourselves.
The stars want you to know that we all have these days from time to time. We all misplace our anger in an attempt to avoid the truth. And truthfully, no matter how much you love someone, sometimes people are just really annoying. In the end, as always, it is on us to figure out what is the driving force behind our own actions. It will save a lot of hurt feelings, and it will save a lot of negative and unproductive energy, and when you realize what’s really bothering you, you can start fixing it, and one day you might wake up to find that you don’t have to be mad at anyone at all.