The higher the energy level, the fewer friends you may have because you cannot adapt to the crowd. You will be less and less willing to deal with people because most of the people around you are people with ordinary energy levels. They are interested in pure love and high energy. Your soul is unfriendly, but your high-energy self will not feel lonely because you have few friends. Instead, you will be happy to enjoy time alone. You will accept your current state and will not try to change yourself to cater to anyone.

Note to Readers:

And here I was questioning whether or not I was socially inept, while spending most of Christmas quite alone even though I share a household filled with noisy humans.

I have grown accustomed to being on my own for hours, if not days at a time. I seldom get bored, always have something to read, research or write about… photos to take while walking in natural settings, looking up various and assorted topics out of simple curiosity.

Being without close family members for over two decades now, I am little accustomed and shall I say tolerant of holiday customs I once pursued. Gift-giving, especially to strangers, seems shallow. I’m not going to openly criticize the habits and expectations of others; I simply won’t participate. I don’t expect to be understood, merely tolerated for the time being until I decide to move on.

Being forced by circumstances to spend more time alone, I have come to know myself better. I am not perfect, but continue to strive, to grow, to expand my way of thinking and acting, while not conforming to how many in society have chosen to conform. I prefer keeping things simple.

Each of us needs to become responsible for our own decisions and actions. I can be friendly, reasonable, and kind, but will not be swayed to join in activities that do not suit my essential nature.

What is the old saying? Be in the world but not of the world. Yes, that seems to fit, but I am careful not to assign permanent labels upon myself these days. Once I made certain claims, which I have come to question and released some years ago now. Still, despite my body’s physical age, I retain an open questing mind and have learned a certain amount of tolerance for what I observe occurring in daily affairs. I look forward to watching how events unfold for humanity in 2024.

Eliza