Re: Not soo new anymore…not so exciting…

[Anonymous]

@Robbo,

Like your analogy with homeless people and trying to find one’s way. That’s a powerful image. Deep inside we can relate with them because we’re free spirits who didn’t quite find our places yet. One feet in, one feet out. Question is : would we be happy with 2 feet in the whole time? Could it be that we have a homeless and rebel mind that can’t settle down in just one place? Reading your post gives me so much to think about. Thanks for sharing that unique story with us. What you did with these guys was giving them unconditional ‘love’ and acceptance, something we didn’t get plenty of. That’s a gift of heart. You have something to be proud of. I’m proud of you. You’re a truly good person with a truly good heart. That makes you very unique. Everything you say fits me. The feeling of not belonging, of not fitting in anywhere all my life since I was a kid. Rejection. With age, I come realize I don’t have to be just like everybody else, I don’t have/want to be ‘plain boring’ normal. I hate ‘normal’. All my life I was asked to be and act ‘normal’, rather than being myself. As a result, I lost my sense of identity.

For the first time in my life, at 45, I found a real passion, a real hobby. Apart from my family, my life revolves around that (obsessive, what else!) passion : animal photography. Animals are true survivors, given the state of today’s planet. They can teach us so much. Brings me inner peace. Looking at birds flying gives me wings of hope. Simple moments, simple pleasures, great satisfaction. Last week, I ‘met’ a fox and took the photo. Gave me a one week high. Absolutedly free and 100% safe.

More and more, I’m proud of being different, proud of doing things creatively. Nowadays, ironically, some bored ‘normal’ people want to hang out with me into the woods and swamps, feet wet and dirty, in hope that passion could be contagious. You never know, I might show them the way to get back meaning into their lives…

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