The End of Being Cranky

I tried to understand why I was so cranky over such trivial matter (in entry below) and realised I had over-reacted.
So sorry you had to see it.

You know, it is really harder to do than preach.

Many years ago, I read about "reverence" - having understanding for people in situations, and extending that understanding to somewhat strangers. For instance, the driver in front of you is road hogging and driving mindlessly. It drives you crazy and you drove up next to him to give him the finger, no, to just tell him to hey! stop road hogging, you don't own the road. As you drove up to him, you recognised that hey, he's an old friend you haven't seen for a long time. You pull him over to say hello and to tell him it is dangerous to drive in that manner. Before you could start, you see that his face is grey & gloom. You ask what's wrong? He told you his wife just died and he is on the way home to break the news to his 3 boys. Immediately, you forgive him. And you blame yourself for being so worked up over a trivial matter. That chap has a lot to deal with, you thought. And this, my friend, is reverence. Or so this is what it was titled in that chapter I read in that book "The Seat of The Soul" by Gary Zukav (The Dancing Wu Li Masters).
I couldn't fully appreciate this learning, even till now.
I find that I couldn't be finding excuses for people's "sub-standard behaviour".
There will always be some reasoning for a bad behaviour and I couldn't care more or I will always be soft and giving and then we'll all crumble wouldn't we?
But I realised that my problem is that I am giving to most people, young & old, strangers & relatives, BUT i am critical to people I dislike. So, there you go. Mystery solved. I am a biased human.
There still is a lot of revering for me to do. So while I am figuring it out, I've decided to stop being cranky and be grateful to every joyous day.

Voilà!