The enduring dangers of bitterness

Bitterness might be the most damaging of all states of mind and states of being. So that we can avoid it, then, it might help to think about what it is, and the ingredients that create it.

Ever since reading an opinion piece by Bill Gates in the Financial Times a couple of years back, where every paragraph seemed to include one of “me”, “my” or “I”, I’ve been very conscious of using those words in any piece of writing.

But please indulge me, if only for this short piece, if only for today.

When I think about the future, the thing that I mos…