Dear Joe:

It would be very difficult for me to be part of a group, like the one you were part of (but not feeling part of…). I don’t like being in a group, really. There is too much sacrifice required from an independent-thinking individual required so to fit in most groups. There is pressure to be like everyone else. The origin of this dynamic is the herd. Or other groupings in social animals. The one who is different is treated mercilessly. Not much difference in humans, is there?

Dare to be you, Joe, unapologetically. Little chance you can change the group mentality, a mentality that survived and thrived through.. millions of years, perhaps, in nature. As a human being, and the independent, intelligent, creative human that you are, you can live apart of a group and be okay.

anita