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Originally Posted by quizzickle
I'm unsure of what social qualities I lack but I'm constantly aware that I miss much. My heart is there...but so much more is mired or missing. I feel as though many times I'm in masquerade, walking amongst the natives...I can pass in passing...little else. It's sad sometimes....often in fact. I dally with the locals...always a peripheral being. I don't get the rules...I have never understood why.
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I discussed this same feeling with my sociology professor, quiz, and it is actually a positive characteristic of people with observational skills. The ability to detach one's self, to stand outside the crowd and to observe objectively. It is a valued trait in social research.
Often, when one becomes immersed amongst others, we overlook many things that others on the periphery pick up. I am the same way and have always felt like I have been on the outside, looking in...wanting to be inside. I still wish to be with the crowd, now and then, but, I can also see the value of being in this position. We have our own special abilities to see perspectives others cannot. That makes us special too. I find many of your traits attractive.