Is all hope lost?
Is there only pain and hatred and misery?
–Elvis Costello/(What’s So Funny ‘Bout) Peace Love and Understanding
Sometimes it is really hard to understand things. People. Things are easy to understand. People are hard.
What if you’re not supposed to have to try so hard? What if you should just get people a little more easily than you do? It seems bizarre to me that it’s so hard to figure people out. They are, after all, only people. We have language that should theoretically aid in the process. We have facial expressions. Human experiences in common.
I’m not talking about clearing up a misunderstanding. I’m talking about times when you just can’t relate to anything about another person. Times when there is an enormous disconnect. Times when you feel like someone must be from some other planet. Or you feel like maybe you are from another planet.
Or maybe you understand…mostly…but no matter what you do you can’t understand one particular thing. Something important to you.
Is it worth the time you spend, even if you will probably never understand each other?
Do you just let it go? When do you give up?
These aren’t rhetorical questions to me I’d really like to know.
Maybe it’s just me.
Clearly I’m not full of answers today.
Only questions.