You Were Twisting My Melon Man 

16/06/24

During a text conversation with EH I noticed anew the persistent negativity in the way he converses, e.g. “Are you still getting the shit shifts?”

I was gratified to realise how (comparatively) little it affects me now.

Once I would have mirrored that negative outlook – “Yeah, it’s not right. It’s not what they promised at interview”.

Now my more natural positivity is back – “Yeah, I still mostly have the later shifts, but I’m in a rhythm with it now and I’ve made it work well for me”.   

It’s nice not to be rolling in the muck with the pig anymore.

In direct contrast to what he had me believing for a while, the world is full of amazing people, doing wonderful, selfless things.

It’s just the shitty people tend to be louder. 

JP