Three of my best friends recently told me the same thing; that they think life is too short, and that they didn't feel they had time to accommodate, ie; "tip toe around" other people. Now granted, there are some neurotic people out there with some outlandish demands, but for the most part majority of us just need something simple... like acknowledgement... or compassion even. But society doesn't operate with compassion. I don't even have to look out my window to see that. It's difficult pill to swallow and is certainly not a solution for modern living.
This train of thought has led to, well... a train-load of frustration towards each other, and we are less healthy in so many ways because of it. We are truly stuck in a cycle of survival, not of the fittest, but of the fattest. It is fed by unrealistic expectations put on us by our jobs, families, friends, government, business... as a matter of fact EVERYTHING revolves around expectations. We need to better communicate and manage those expectations so we can understand them and establish an honest rapport. This will help us finally come to terms with what common sense actually is. Being caught in the ego mind forces us to ignore common sense, and we require constant reminders to listen to our hearts and guts in order to stay sane.
And there we have it: INSANITY. Overuse of the mind results in less of a connection with your true self and everyone else. It's probably why intelligent people tend to have a harder time relating to others. Balancing that intelligence with compassion and right action is what will help connect the dots better between us.
Isn't that really what we need anyway... to integrate and balance every aspect of our own being so that we can better understand ourselves and how we fit in to the world? To simply roll everything outside of your wall right off your shoulders is ignorance in that you are ignoring the basic premise of human existence: to create based off of experience. If you limit your experience then you are doing your self and the world a great injustice.
