philosophuck
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8/26/2008 5:56:57 PM
Internalizing a world that's in despair
In recent months, it seems like I'm on a carnival ride where everytime the horsie I'm riding comes around the bend, the view is one of some person clutching in desperation or madness.
I find that I absorb this and suffer accordingly. My own life is difficult but becoming a sponge for others' problems makes it grim, yet I continue to do so, shoving aside this fantasy of going cold where I only think, sit, hear and breathe myself. Me. Should that be all there is? It's all there is to many people on the human highway.
Then I think of one of those people in despair. It's not that I wasn't listening to them but did I come across like I was listening or were they left feeling like they were talking to themselves? Did I fail them? How often do I fail the ones I care about?
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