Who Do You Love?

[JustGeorge]

I learned early on that your behavior could be teaching lessons without realizing it.

When I was in school as a teen, I used to sit at a table with a boy that looked real different from me. It wasn't a thought out thing; there was a seat open. I was Goth, he was real trendy and clean cut. My social anxiety was too severe to make conversation, and he ignored me at first. Then one day he got curious about some stuff I was working on, and asked me about it. He retained interest in it, and he opened up to me more and more(and I talked as I was able, making a point to smile when I was too shy to adequately hold conversation).

One day, he confided that he had been a bully, and he hated kids who dressed like me to a point where he'd beat them up sometimes. He said our interactions had shown him his behavior was wrong, that I was a super nice person, and likely the other kids he had mistreated were as well. He said he'd never bully anyone over their appearance again.

You just never know who you're affecting, for the good or the bad.

 

[Little Dragon]

Nope. No family and not really any friends (I mean ones I can depend on and will be there for me). I barely feel like I am part of society or really exist. I find that people are becoming more and more cruel and narcissistic every year, and smartphones certainly have part of the blame. I notice that people also have less respect for the lives of others now. The amount of crazed, dangerous driving I see is going through the roof. I am getting scared to even walk around now, and this craphole has always had awful drivers.

Not only would the world not be the world it is today without you, the world could well be a darker place, without you. Things that you do that you think have little consequence, do in fact have consequence. A butterfly flaps it wings...

 

[icehorse]

Nope. No family and not really any friends (I mean ones I can depend on and will be there for me). I barely feel like I am part of society or really exist. I find that people are becoming more and more cruel and narcissistic every year, and smartphones certainly have part of the blame. I notice that people also have less respect for the lives of others now. The amount of crazed, dangerous driving I see is going through the roof. I am getting scared to even walk around now, and this craphole has always had awful drivers.

I'm sorry to hear that. fwiw, you have many remote friends here on RF !

 

[Mock Turtle]

I love much non-human life, even the ones which would snaffle me up without a second thought, but I can't say I have love for humans in general - some perhaps, who seem to set examples as to how we might live. But then that is just how my life has worked out and I might feel different had it been otherwise.