My mindset is always about love and Christian values. The good in life and others. The church seems manically religious instead of people living life with faith. The unbelievers I meet seem to be only about 'good times'......no one group seems to overlap. I volunteer and the other volunteers seem to fit into that cliche of a WASP do gooder. I am an abuse survivor, but the other survivors seem stuck in the abuse where I try to learn to cope and grow. I just seem to touch the fringe of groups. I don't fit anywhere and yet I just want to be myself and seek truth and be.
Why can't people just allow others to be themselves?
Why can't I just be kind without grief or surface observations from co workers or friends? Comments I guess I should ignore, but in real life your values can hurt you. I had a bible study w/ a few friends of color and my landlord refused to renew my lease.
Why can't people just allow others to be themselves?
Why can't I just be kind without grief or surface observations from co workers or friends? Comments I guess I should ignore, but in real life your values can hurt you. I had a bible study w/ a few friends of color and my landlord refused to renew my lease.
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Re: I don't understand other people...
Tue, April 3, 2007 - 6:47 PMAhhh, nice to hear from another Idealist.
Yes, it would be nice if people were more "live-and-let-live", but unfortunately the human animal roves in packs [of like mind.]
The older I get the more I realize that I truly enjoy the company of fewer and fewer people. I'm not talking about casual social interactions, but with people I encounter more day-to-day. I cherish my few close friends and let the others go by the wayside . . .
Have you read anything about personality type? When I read the INFP (google it!) profiles, I understood better that I'm far from alone.
Just in a small minority : )
