by unique1 12 Replies latest jw friends
I am the same way, and have wondered if there is something wrong with me as well! I can just turn certain people off and that is the end of it. I guess if you lose your family then everyone else would pale in comparison. My husband is the exception to this rule but that is about it. I sometimes wonder if I am normal!
MMO
You know, it's been my experience that such things are more "normal" than you think, especially if you're somewhat introverted by nature or circumstance.
It's not a bad thing to be able to pick and choose who you want in your life or to not let others have control over your emotions or actions.
I think this feeling is more common than we realize.
There's a song that has these lines in it:
The friends I made all seemed somehow to drift away,
And only I am left on stage to end the play
Here's the whole song
YESTERDAY WHEN I WAS YOUNG
It seems the love I've known
Has always been the most destructive kind,
I guess that's why now I feel so old before my time
Yesterday, when I was young,
The taste of life was sweet as rain upon my tongue
I teased at life as if it were a foolish game,
The way the evening breeze may tease a candle flame
The thousand dreams I dreamed, the splendid things I planned,
I always built, alas, on weak and shifting sand
I lived by night and shunned the naked light of day,
And only now I see how the years ran away
Yesterday, when I was young,
So many happy songs were waiting to be sung
So many wild pleasures lay in store for me,
And so much pain my dazzled eyes refused to see
I ran so fast that time and youth at last ran out,
I never stopped to think what life was all about
And every conversation I can now recall,
Concerned itself with me, and nothing else at all
Yesterday, the moon was blue,
And every crazy day brought something new to do
I used my magic age as if it were a wand,
And never saw the worst and the emptiness beyond
The game of love I played with arrogance and pride,
And every flame I lit, too quickly, quickly died
The friends I made all seemed somehow to drift away,
And only I am left on stage to end the play
There are so many songs in me that won't be sung,
I feel the bitter taste of tears upon my tongue
The time has come for me to pay,
For yesterday, when I was young
(ROY CLARK)
To hear the song: http://www.jesterradio.com/lyrics/royclark-yesterdaywheniwasyoung.htm
