I am welcoming this post from blogger Erin Downey.  Erin’s message resonates with me.  I feel that she is a friend, though I’ve never met her.

At the ripe age of 58 years I must admit that I have very ‘actual’ friendships.  I tend to stay to myself and communicate with the couple of friends that I’ve known for over 30 years.

I consider myself as having no family.  I have not communicated with my siblings in over 4 years.  I tried and gave up.  My mother and father are gone.  I will explain this situation very vividly.

My friends are often virtual friends like Erin.  These are friends that I meet through the blog, social media, and the internet.  Our connection is just as authentic.  I read their writings, poetry, and testimonies, as I did with Erin, and either understand them or not.  I understand Erin’s sentiments.

I sometimes feel like an alien.  I think so differently than most people I meet.

Erin sometimes feels like and outcast.  That’s why I like her and what she reveals of her soul in her posts.

Please follow Erin Downey.  Show some love.  Let’s create an even bigger circle of friends.

I believe that both sentiments are signs of spiritual awakening.  Prophets, Disciples, World Leaders, and the enlightened are generally regarded as ‘weirdos’ of their times.  

As an alien or outcast one must vindicate and certify their own passions and beliefs for they are constantly faced with who they are not.  The fact that they are different slaps them in the face with nearly every encounter.

And guess what?  We still proceed, though.  And over time learn how to live as aliens or outcasts more discerned, realizing that being spiritually aware is not only a blessing.  It is also a responsibility that we choose to take because its driver is soul-deep.

Luv

Kevy