Sad Truths, including Disappointment

 

Me. Eyes downcast cause Selfie. I’m not dead.!!!
I’ll show you the totally unretouched photo below.

My wife asks, these days, why are you so depressed, so disappointed with life? She can’t resist a snipe: “Life hasn’t lived up to your expectations?” 

“Au contraire,” I tell her. “Life has been glorious, beautiful, and meaningful from first to last. My disappointment is not with life. It’s with people. Who have been consistently, absolutely disappointing.


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