This resonates deeply with me, Bertus: "And I could give you a long list of occupations in which I can function fine but that do not fit me back. I was incompatible. When I realised that, I moved on. To the next fascination. Trying to work my way in. And I do not try half heartedly."
My occupational history was a hideous ruin, until one day I woke up and discovered that not fitting in and not letting corporate groupthink structure my ways of being was the best thing that ever happened to me. It meant I was still alive. Unbroken by institutional power, bureaucratic role-playing, and all the blandishments of modernity and shallow wants.
Funny how a life can turn around like that isn't it? I used to think fitting in would be so wonderful, but now I think it could only have meant that I was lost.
You are definitely not lost Jeff….so good to hear your thoughtful responses…I really hope to hear more incompatibility stories. I think there is so much to learn from them. Humanity is in for a polarity switch on this….
I'm just now realizing (because I'm terrible at reading footnotes) that you were speaking about my memoir! Oh how that warms my heart. I'm glad it pushed around some embers in your own fire and fanned the flames.
This resonates deeply with me, Bertus: "And I could give you a long list of occupations in which I can function fine but that do not fit me back. I was incompatible. When I realised that, I moved on. To the next fascination. Trying to work my way in. And I do not try half heartedly."
Thank you Troy, how wonderful to hear the words have landed safely…
My occupational history was a hideous ruin, until one day I woke up and discovered that not fitting in and not letting corporate groupthink structure my ways of being was the best thing that ever happened to me. It meant I was still alive. Unbroken by institutional power, bureaucratic role-playing, and all the blandishments of modernity and shallow wants.
Funny how a life can turn around like that isn't it? I used to think fitting in would be so wonderful, but now I think it could only have meant that I was lost.
You are definitely not lost Jeff….so good to hear your thoughtful responses…I really hope to hear more incompatibility stories. I think there is so much to learn from them. Humanity is in for a polarity switch on this….
I'm just now realizing (because I'm terrible at reading footnotes) that you were speaking about my memoir! Oh how that warms my heart. I'm glad it pushed around some embers in your own fire and fanned the flames.