It is said that Dean Martin was something of a teetotaler. He played a cheerful, boozy party guy because that was the character the public expected of him.
We can all get trapped in the 'characters' we play, and sometimes I get trapped in the character of the grousing, sardonic misanthrope. I get laughs that way, but sometimes I say things 'in character' that don't reflect my real feelings.
Life is actually pretty good for me. And as I get further into Buddhist/Taoist thought, even the concept of 'pretty good' ceases to have meaning. There's no need to rate my life. It just is.
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