Posts by Joshua Williams41

Bradley Wood43 said:When navigating our day-to-day interactions, we really ought to respect certain social norms and follow established patterns of behavior, communication, and action—purely to avoid becoming social outcasts. 😵
Social norms aren't just arbitrary rules without purpose (at least most of them aren't); they carry genuine weight and logic. At the end of the day, we all tend to think of ourselves as unique wildflowers in a vast meadow 🤣 but more often than not, reality doesn't quite work that way...

I'm with you there. Without those various rules in place, we'd probably all be killing each other by now, or at least ending up in a massive hair-pulling brawl. 🤣 Just kidding, mostly. 🙂

It's all fine, really. The issue only arises when people follow those norms blindly, refusing to allow themselves even the slightest bit of deviation. That's when it starts creating all this unnecessary pressure and turns people into nothing more than mindless robots...

From everything I’m seeing and hearing lately, most people are just giving in. I mean, it’s not like everyone folds on everything—everyone has those specific areas where they feel insecure or weak, their little "Achilles' heels," if you will. And when you hit those spots, it’s just way easier to get lost in the crowd and let the current pull you along rather than actually doing the heavy lifting of broadening your perspective and standing for something. 🤷 It’s been this way since the beginning of time, and honestly, it probably always will be.

Nicholas Gonzalez8 said:You write well 🙂

Well, thanks. That’s just my humble experience speaking, I guess 😛

Yeah, it follows me constantly—specifically those exact issues I’ve never quite managed to come to terms with. It’s just this endless loop, over and over again. I guess that's how it works; as long as you're fighting against reality instead of just accepting things for what they are, it's going to haunt you. There isn't a manual for how to actually let go of certain things, feelings, or past events. Everyone has to figure out that process on their own, I suppose. Honestly, I don't even know what I'm rambling about anymore...😁