I can't understand it but despite having decent intelligence and despairing at the way the world works sometimes, I've not turned cynical as I've grown older. I've not become wary of people and their intentions, and I can still be amused at behaviour that will turn others indignant. What is it in my constitution that makes me so upbeat, so able to accept small pleasures in life and magnify them? There's no more angst in me.

How can I say this? I don't want to be a doormat; I strive to be the door.