This quote resonates... especially now.
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@marisa @peha Wikiquote says the quote is from Memories, Dreams, Reflections. Here it is: https://archive.org/details/bwb_KR-412-394/page/388/mode/1up?q=loneliness
@matthewconroy @peha Thank you!!
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@peha after some searching for the specific paper/ book that he wrote regarding this quote- I cannot find it.
But now I'm determined to read more of his work!
@marisa i am too. Really, this text is so right!
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@matthewconroy @peha Thank you!!
@marisa @matthewconroy thanks a lot
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This quote resonates... especially now.
Sometimes it feels like I'm existing in my own little silo for self-preservation.
@marisa
... which means vice versa:
The feeling of connectedness does not come from having people around you, but from their interest in the things that seem important to you.So, connecting means finding those people, and being one of those people. Both are required for mutual connection.
It seems that staying curious about others should be the starting point. Questions are such wonderful tools to get an impression about somebody's 'thing'. The rest should come by itself.
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@marisa
... which means vice versa:
The feeling of connectedness does not come from having people around you, but from their interest in the things that seem important to you.So, connecting means finding those people, and being one of those people. Both are required for mutual connection.
It seems that staying curious about others should be the starting point. Questions are such wonderful tools to get an impression about somebody's 'thing'. The rest should come by itself.
@Richerpacker Good point...
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This quote resonates... especially now.
Sometimes it feels like I'm existing in my own little silo for self-preservation.
@marisa this hit a bit close to home
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@marisa this hit a bit close to home
@miles that seems to be the consensus...
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This quote resonates... especially now.
Sometimes it feels like I'm existing in my own little silo for self-preservation.
That resonates SO HARD.
Thank you. I was missing the words to explain why I feel so horribly lonely.
Nobody in RL is interested in what is important to me. And they keep telling me that the online friends who do are not real. (They are. But try explaining that to someone who doesn't live online.)
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That resonates SO HARD.
Thank you. I was missing the words to explain why I feel so horribly lonely.
Nobody in RL is interested in what is important to me. And they keep telling me that the online friends who do are not real. (They are. But try explaining that to someone who doesn't live online.)
@Firlefanz I posted this late one night thinking "wow, this really helps to explain how I'm feeling" and woke up the following morning to so many others feeling the same.
You're not alone <3.
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This quote resonates... especially now.
Sometimes it feels like I'm existing in my own little silo for self-preservation.
@marisa It's a precarious time to contradict false and harmful paradigms. Speaking fearlessly provides safety for others to do the same. Thanks for sharing this passage. -
@Firlefanz I posted this late one night thinking "wow, this really helps to explain how I'm feeling" and woke up the following morning to so many others feeling the same.
You're not alone <3.
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