Orner File

Go on. Be a little difficult today. The world will try to move you, but you don't have to budge.

There is a particular kind of glint in the eye of an ornery person. It is not the bright flash of anger, nor the dull haze of apathy. It is a low, steady burn. A “go ahead, try me” flicker. steady burn. A “go ahead

The ornery person isn’t usually violent. They are resistant. They feel the current of the crowd pulling them toward the latest trend, the latest outrage, the latest obligation, and they dig their heels into the mud. the latest outrage

That is productive orneriness.