The others

Posted by Nona

From Philo Thoughts

Admit it. You aren't like them. You're not even close.

You may occasionally dress yourself up as one of them,

watch the same mindless television shows as they do,

maybe even eat the same fast food sometimes. But it 

seems that the more you try to fit in, the more you feel

like an outsider, watching the "normal people" as they 

go about their new automatic existences. For every time you

say club passwords like "Have a nice day" and

"Weather's awful today, eh?" you yearn inside to say

forbidden things like "Tell me something that makes 

you cry" or "What do you think deja vu is for?"

Face it, you even tant to talk to that girl in the elevator.

But what if that girl in the elevator (and the balding man

who walks past your cubicle at work) are thinking the

same thing? Who knows what you might learn from

taking a chance on conversation with a stranger?

Everyone carries a piece of the puzzle. Nobody comes

into your life by mere coincidence. Trust your instincts.

Do the unexpected. Find the others.  ~Timothy Leary