According to my own version of the Dursleys, I'm too sensitive (because of my star sign that makes me too emotional - I'm not even joking; that's really what they believe!).
But this is just the way I am, and I won't try to change myself to please people who don't really care about me (I'm deeply convinced that I'm dealing with a bunch of manipulators who would like nothing better than turn me into a weather vane for their own twisted amusement).
I'm not better than them; I'm different. And one big difference between me and them is my compassion and empathy for most of my fellow Earthlings.
I don't have to know people to feel happy or sorry for them. I don't need to be friends with people to worry about them. I don't require to be related by blood to have feelings for someone.
These Muggles and I aren't wired the same way.
I don't know if my compassion and empathy make me weaker or stronger; it's not important - but that's who I am, and if my own relatives accepted that, perhaps that acceptance could spread. It'd be nice to not be mocked for being the way one is (and that would probably save time and energy on our lovely planet).
[Strangely, I don't see that happening any day soon, as most people seem to believe that the rest of the world must be and behave like them or they enjoy making others feel insecure and miserable and sad.]
2 comments:
Sadly I fond folk who are very self centered always say that others need to change to fit them, folk who are more generous (and yes dear Dru I mean you) are happy to adapt as long as those who you adapt for see it and appreciate it :-)
You can only wait for others to see the real you for so long! then you have to walk away to save any self left!
*glomp* Thank you, dearest!
As time warps by, I find that my ability to forgive plonkers becomes smaller and smaller.
Perhaps I'm learning to stand my ground, to not worry about plonkers, and to have compassion for free.
A few more decades, and I'll be more Zen, I guess. ^_~
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