Me: So what you interested in?
Them: Sports. Girls. [Something that doesn't create self-worth, but the perception of worth]
Me: Cool. Let me talk to you about that for ten minutes. Oh, we're friends now? Cool. But honestly, I could care less if I ever see you again.
...
Right now I feel sad. And let me pre-empt that by saying that I'm not depressed. I'm usually happy. Most of the time I'm happy.
But sometimes, like now, I struggle.
I meet 20 people in a night. But not one person with actual self-worth.
Not one person that values intelligence, hard work, and the attainment of personal accomplishment. The attainment of personal happiness.
They care about what others think.
And they live their lives based on how they think that other people think they should be living their lives.
...
And that makes me sad.
...
Personally, I don't think I'm an introvert. But I find myself spending a lot of time alone since I struggle to find quality people around me.
I meet people. I make friends. But in the sea of mediocrity -- I engulf in loneliness.
On rare occasions I find great people. And I stick with them. I invest time in them. And I feel happy.
But most of the time, I find the opposite.
...
So my question to you: How do you deal with this loneliness? How do you deal with this societal disconnect? How do you deal with the sadness of being all alone in a sea of "normal" people?
Them: Sports. Girls. [Something that doesn't create self-worth, but the perception of worth]
Me: Cool. Let me talk to you about that for ten minutes. Oh, we're friends now? Cool. But honestly, I could care less if I ever see you again.
...
Right now I feel sad. And let me pre-empt that by saying that I'm not depressed. I'm usually happy. Most of the time I'm happy.
But sometimes, like now, I struggle.
I meet 20 people in a night. But not one person with actual self-worth.
Not one person that values intelligence, hard work, and the attainment of personal accomplishment. The attainment of personal happiness.
They care about what others think.
And they live their lives based on how they think that other people think they should be living their lives.
...
And that makes me sad.
...
Personally, I don't think I'm an introvert. But I find myself spending a lot of time alone since I struggle to find quality people around me.
I meet people. I make friends. But in the sea of mediocrity -- I engulf in loneliness.
On rare occasions I find great people. And I stick with them. I invest time in them. And I feel happy.
But most of the time, I find the opposite.
...
So my question to you: How do you deal with this loneliness? How do you deal with this societal disconnect? How do you deal with the sadness of being all alone in a sea of "normal" people?
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