On being kind to moody friends.

I know moody people. And for the most part, I put up with ‘em. Because I’m moody, too. But in different ways. In that I am virtually always in a good mood. One might think that that makes me an easy guy to live with. But not true. Because many people resent my good moods. Maybe they’re jealous. But more likely, it accentuates their bad/negative mood. The contrast with my good mood makes their bad mood seem even worse. It’s almost as if I’m rubbing in my superiority. And maybe I am. Without fully knowing it. Maybe I should be faking something less than a good mood. In order to be kind to my horribly moody friends. –Jim Broede