The 'psychic infection' is real, but reading this feels like a bit of the cure. It's a reminder that we don't have to be a 'unit of measurement' for anyone. We must keep on keeping on, but on our own terms. Great perspective. We must keeponkeepingon I love you all.❤️💞💘
A bit of the cure. That’s exactly what it’s supposed to be. Not the whole answer — just enough clarity to remember you don’t have to be a unit of measurement for anyone. Keep on keeping on. On your own terms. Always.
This is the most honest comment on the internet today. You saw the circus, named the circus, and bought a ticket anyway. Welcome to the tribe. At least you know you’re in it. That’s more than most. 😂
This is the most honest thing anyone has said all day. The fringe is easy to love. The ones still inside the circus just require a little more patience and a lot more grace. Thank you for being someone who shows up for both.
Highlighting my my two favorite lines from this article:
“Everyone is performing for an empty theater and calling it community.”
“The most dangerous thing about the modern world was its capacity to make the individual feel insignificant. To make the internal life feel irrelevant compared to the external demands of the collective.”
How true, people are truly performing for what they think is an audience but really, just themselves. Everyone is so wrapped up in their own acts, they forget that others exist.
Man, Carl Jung hit the nail on the head with that one. I wonder what’d he’d have to say about the world today. I agree, learn your true form and no one else can strip you of it.
We possess great power with the brick in our pockets. Let’s use it for good and not become trapped in obsession.
I felt that line about being 'middle children of history.' The pressure to have it all figured out while everyone else is just 'better at the filter' is exhausting. It’s refreshing to hear that not fitting in isn't a failure. Maybe it is refreshing because I have never felt like I have fit in anywhere. Thank you for sharing!
The difference is whether you bring yourself to it or let it replace you.
I think this is key. Swimming against the current sometimes is not the answer.
Being aware is.
I love it when the writing lands. Thank you for reading and commenting.
The 'psychic infection' is real, but reading this feels like a bit of the cure. It's a reminder that we don't have to be a 'unit of measurement' for anyone. We must keep on keeping on, but on our own terms. Great perspective. We must keeponkeepingon I love you all.❤️💞💘
A bit of the cure. That’s exactly what it’s supposed to be. Not the whole answer — just enough clarity to remember you don’t have to be a unit of measurement for anyone. Keep on keeping on. On your own terms. Always.
💙 Exactly. On our own terms, always. Thank you for being a part of the cure! We must keeponkeepingon I love you all. 💞💘
Ironically I have to like and restack this. Now I am part of the tribe. 🫣😂
This is the most honest comment on the internet today. You saw the circus, named the circus, and bought a ticket anyway. Welcome to the tribe. At least you know you’re in it. That’s more than most. 😂
This seems like a rather decent tribe I must say. 😉
Thank you. My subscribers are pretty awesome. Substack is the best.
“We built an entire technological infrastructure around it instead.” Exactly what we did.
I adore the fringe. I still love the rest of them, they just make it harder to show them love. Lmao. Thank you for the amazing piece.
This is the most honest thing anyone has said all day. The fringe is easy to love. The ones still inside the circus just require a little more patience and a lot more grace. Thank you for being someone who shows up for both.
Highlighting my my two favorite lines from this article:
“Everyone is performing for an empty theater and calling it community.”
“The most dangerous thing about the modern world was its capacity to make the individual feel insignificant. To make the internal life feel irrelevant compared to the external demands of the collective.”
How true, people are truly performing for what they think is an audience but really, just themselves. Everyone is so wrapped up in their own acts, they forget that others exist.
Man, Carl Jung hit the nail on the head with that one. I wonder what’d he’d have to say about the world today. I agree, learn your true form and no one else can strip you of it.
We possess great power with the brick in our pockets. Let’s use it for good and not become trapped in obsession.
I felt that line about being 'middle children of history.' The pressure to have it all figured out while everyone else is just 'better at the filter' is exhausting. It’s refreshing to hear that not fitting in isn't a failure. Maybe it is refreshing because I have never felt like I have fit in anywhere. Thank you for sharing!