Demolishing Walls

To feel connected, to not be alone. Isn't that what we all want?

Too many times I end up feeling that the more people I know (or the more friends I have), the more lonely on the inside I become. I think it's more a matter of quality rather than quantity of relationships, and I got that a long time ago. It still didn't prevent me from feeling alone in the middle of the crowd.

We all have some "dark places" inside of us, some traits of personality or some flaws that we want to keep to ourselves, that we never show, because we truly believe that if someone saw them they wouldn't want to be our friends, or our boyfriend/girlfriend, our parents or siblings.

So we start to build these walls around us (I know I do...), to keep others from seeing what's really going on inside.

Well, newflash: those walls don't just keep everybody out, they also fence you in.

There has been an incredible increase of blogs, vlogs, youtube channels, facebook and myspace acounts, more comments, more subscriptions, more people twittering and more people following. People are yearning to feel connected, to feel like they're not alone.

It's such a contradiction. We want to feel connected, yet do exactly what stops real connections from happening. I do this all the time, and it makes me feel really dumb.

What if everyone were to speak their mind? Would it be such a disaster? What if everyone stopped pretending like they're always ok and really count on friends when they have a problem? Why not open all these possibilities of real human connection?

A close friend of mine keeps twittering this quote over and over again: "wasn't there someone I should have been today?"

I'd like to hear your opinion on all of this. Are you also like me? Or do you have a secret formula to be yourself at all times?

Let's tear down the walls! It worked for Berlin, so why not for me?

Thank you for reading this (it's always a thrill going to my google analytics account and find out that people do read my blog, and that most of them do come back. I'm grateful to you for giving me that thrill everyday!).

Peace,

D.