Don’t know about you but when I see people walking around, they look in a daze. Nothing seems to make sense to them.
They loiter, they gaze confusedly at roadsigns, they linger and stare but don’t go anywhere.
Are we hypnotised?
Have we lost our direction?
Have we become soft and stultified?
Occasionally, I’ve found myself connecting headphones to my phone and listening to some music when out walking but I haven’t done that for a while. It’s not present, one cannot hear the birds chirping, the wind rustling through the trees. It’s also not appreciative.
Everything seems like whatever+plus. Nothing seems good enough in itself. My ex-boyfriend constantly talked people needing to accept when things are enough but relentlessly picked at people’s behaviour – including my own. The full of extent of this I am only coming to terms with now.
What matters is human nature and human connection. I have to say, right now, I am incredibly selective about who I spend my time with, almost to the point of total reclusiveness. It’s what I need at the moment to sharpen the sword, the point the pencil, to sharpen my senses and my purpose.
Maybe it’s the price we pay?