Some people might persecute you for your personality.
In todays winds of change, through the eyes of much of the American youth, so many people are dismissed as "awkward". Every time I hear a person say, "whew, THAT was awkward!" after talking to someone they didn't know and was "different" to them, I wonder... Why was that awkward, asking that stranger where the bathroom is? The guy seemed introverted, and a bit shy, but answered helpfully. So what! He's not the hip, bubbly, overly outgoing, entertaining person you expect people to be? So what! He's him. You're you. He/She might be totally comfortable in their skin. And you might not be. Or vise versa.
The same goes for so many "different" personality types.
Sometimes I do something similar when it comes to judging myself..
You may know what people are expecting in common social situations, and know when they are let down from their own expectations. I have spent almost a lifetime researching the patterns and changes in social cultures.
In 2013, social influence supersedes most impressionable young people over anything else. What they say and do is micro-capsulated by what they see through the bubble they live in.
Which is why everything out of their perfect norm seems odd or awkward to them. They live in a bubble. A bubble of style. A bubble of television or radio. A bubble of music. A bubble of spirituality. A bubble of religion. A bubble of family. A bubble of solitude. A bubble of work. A bubble of politics. A bubble of particulars.
In most cases of being stuck in your bubble, your conclusion of the outsider will always end up the same: they're not like you. They don't quite fit. They don't fit your expectations. They're not like everyone else you know.
The worst persecution someone can face may even come from within their own family.
Now THAT is awkward. Awkward because no one should feel this way in the presence of family.
If your own family has a hard time with your presence, social cultures may be interfering with perception and expectation. Within a family, this is never comfortable to respond to.
Whats missing here is the lack of the understanding of love.
You may love yourself enough, and you may love your family too, but if you don't see and feel welcoming love from your own family members because you are different in some ways, you may feel the opposite of that.
In todays winds of change, through the eyes of much of the American youth, so many people are dismissed as "awkward". Every time I hear a person say, "whew, THAT was awkward!" after talking to someone they didn't know and was "different" to them, I wonder... Why was that awkward, asking that stranger where the bathroom is? The guy seemed introverted, and a bit shy, but answered helpfully. So what! He's not the hip, bubbly, overly outgoing, entertaining person you expect people to be? So what! He's him. You're you. He/She might be totally comfortable in their skin. And you might not be. Or vise versa.
The same goes for so many "different" personality types.
Sometimes I do something similar when it comes to judging myself..
You may know what people are expecting in common social situations, and know when they are let down from their own expectations. I have spent almost a lifetime researching the patterns and changes in social cultures.
In 2013, social influence supersedes most impressionable young people over anything else. What they say and do is micro-capsulated by what they see through the bubble they live in.
Which is why everything out of their perfect norm seems odd or awkward to them. They live in a bubble. A bubble of style. A bubble of television or radio. A bubble of music. A bubble of spirituality. A bubble of religion. A bubble of family. A bubble of solitude. A bubble of work. A bubble of politics. A bubble of particulars.
In most cases of being stuck in your bubble, your conclusion of the outsider will always end up the same: they're not like you. They don't quite fit. They don't fit your expectations. They're not like everyone else you know.
The worst persecution someone can face may even come from within their own family.
Now THAT is awkward. Awkward because no one should feel this way in the presence of family.
If your own family has a hard time with your presence, social cultures may be interfering with perception and expectation. Within a family, this is never comfortable to respond to.
Whats missing here is the lack of the understanding of love.
You may love yourself enough, and you may love your family too, but if you don't see and feel welcoming love from your own family members because you are different in some ways, you may feel the opposite of that.
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