These are my personal opinions. Always seek a professional when you're making choices about your mental health and well-being.

I want to address somebody's message to me that they said that it's very hard to live in a world and be authentic in that world when you're around others who aren't the way you are, who don't want to be authentic,

who aren't more honest or transparent, I get that.

I get that.

It's hard to show up in the world as a new and improved or just the version you are of

yourself in a world full of others who try to oppress you, who show up in toxic ways,

who don't have your best interest in mind or manipulative or selfish and I'm not saying everyone's like that.

I'm just saying it's hard to show up when there are a lot of people out there like that or in a way that doesn't match your vibe or your energy or the way you want to show up in life.

The person who wrote to me said that it's very hard to connect with others when others are

in some other reality, I'm paraphrasing, but they're in some other reality.

Like they are out to get something else out of life. And this person just wants an

authentic connection. She just wants to bond with people or make friends or not even that.

Just connect with others at a level that is more authentic, basically, more authentic.

And it can be difficult to meet others on that same plane of reality.

And I don't have many friends myself, all my friends, I basically make through my wife because she's more

extroverted and she brings them into our life and suddenly I like them and I connect with them.

But I'm not the type of person that goes out. Well, I'm trying to change this, believe me. I'm trying

to change. I'm not the type of person who goes out and says, hey, how are you? Let's be friends.

Give me your phone number, you know, after an hour or two of conversation. I'm not normally like

that because then when I get home, I had a great time, but I don't want people calling me.

So I have this, I don't know, I have this mindset where I go out and I meet people. I'm having a

great time and I would love to spend time with them again, but I don't want to go home and talk

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