it is extremely important, especially for kids who were in gifted programs or honors students or manga cum laude or whatever, to have a moment before adulthood when you realize all that actually means very little and you are pretty much just a regular person
Go to them. Clubs, churches, lodges, etc. This stuff all still exists. It's a bunch of old people who will be thrilled you showed up. Bring a friend if you're nervous. You guys have to stop intellectualizing the "loneliness crisis" and go end it by the way you live your life.
18 yrs ago, I was violently assaulted & raped while walking alone. Every year on the anniversary of that day, I go on a solo hike to remind myself that there is still beauty in this world & I can enjoy it. This yr, I pushed myself & did a few days of the Southwest Coast Path…
@idkijustthibk feigning an interest in something that you don’t personally enjoy is a basic part of normal human interaction. i’m sure lots of people have listened to you talk about things that they themselves don’t like or don’t buy into. no one is trying to convert you by asking for your sign
@idkijustthibk@Jurassic_Liz “it’s bad when people show an interest in trivial things unless it’s one of the trivial things i personally approve of” ok have fun with that i guess
@idkijustthibk@Jurassic_Liz no one I know actually believes that astrology is literally real and that the positioning of the stars controls their lives, they generally just think it’s a fun icebreaker. i think plenty of people have a casual interest in astrology without taking it very seriously
God does not bless any conflict. Anyone who is a disciple of Christ, the Prince of Peace, is never on the side of those who once wielded the sword and today drop bombs. Military action will not create space for freedom or times of #Peace, which comes only from the patient promotion of coexistence and dialogue among peoples.