I am by nature not a very bitter person, but I found myself touched by the spray from a wave of bitterness last week. I had seen a poster for something on a wall in the tube, the type of thing that I had tried to promote about ten years ago only to be told that it would interest no-one. As so often, I have found myself ahead of the curve. It engendered a wave of bitterness that engendered some irritability in my habitually sunny disposition. These days I mostly avoid bitterness. It is a young man’s luxury. After extended periods of not getting what you want you have to just live with it and find a way of thinking about yourself in an elevated way (which is vital) without the adherence of much of the rest of the population. You still need some bitterness, of course, as bile keeps you kicking, but this will be controlled bitterness.

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