Do stuff. Be clenched, curious. Not waiting for inspiration's shove or society's kiss on your forehead. Pay attention. It's all about paying attention. Attention is vitality. It connects you with others. It makes you eager. Stay eager.
~ Susan Sontag
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I think it is probably true that most people want to be connected. Even when we walk through the world with our eyes and minds burried in our phones - nearly falling down stairs or getting run over by cars - we are reading about others and trying to find common ground. Sometimes finding common ground in our dislike of people, places, things, activities, opinions... We want to belong. We want community.
Well, most people do. Others of us are psychopaths or sociopaths or live in caves or "off the grid." I hope those people still find connections. Like the cave dwellers - I hope they bond with cave creatures. Or the "off the grid" people. I hope they have friends and families or even books that give them a sense of connection. Or pets. And I hope the psychopaths and sociopaths get connected with law enforcement.
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