John Y’s Musings from the Middle: That “In Between Place”

The existential angst of being at that “in between place” in life.

And Facebook.

I am at that point in my life where I am still hopeful enough about life to believe that changing my profile picture on Facebook will yield some small degree of new happiness or uptick of social meaning ; but yet wise enough to anticipate the harsh reality that will settle in moments after changing my profile picture –that I am, in fact, the same flawed person with the same human problems that I was before the change of Facebook profile pics only  now a little less dignified for believing something so inconsequential could add something of significance to my life.

And yet still shallow enough to respond to this existential grieving and shame  (a la Facebook) to believe that this inner pain can be adequately relieved by changing my profile picture a second time.

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Aging is a funny thing in how it changes our perceptions and opinions on things.

The older I get, on the one hand, the less inclined I am to support capital punishment for murder.

And yet, on the other hand, the older I get the more inclined I am to support capital punishment for tailgating while driving.