cool- I will have to read Tolle, that paragraph felt sort of maybe like describing me as well- though I don't know that I would put myself in some special category of people, I feel like I'm normal and other people just seem oddly overly attached to things/relationships. It's nice to read that other people here feel the same way: mostly empty, comfortably alone but feeling connected to the world, not unhappy, with a desire to help humanity but not to get enmeshed in relationships and commitments with them all. I do think you shouldn't entirely rule out relationships or worry about them overmuch- I've met a few great guys who are similarly empty and had great comfortable free-feeling relationships of various natures- it's just important to be who you are and not let potential partners hope/expect more than you naturally give, because it does suck to disappoint and have to walk away to avoid hurting them more. |