More of My Strangeness

There is something that I end up doing that is really weird. I first noticed it when I flew to India.  The two flights (from here to London, then London to Kolkata) took about 15 hours.  Others were also flying alongside me since they had the same destination.  In my head, I created a sense of camaraderie with these people.  Having the same end destination and experiencing the same plight made me feel tied to these people.  When moving around the airport, I trusted this group and moved with them.  I learned about them.  Not in the sense that I knew their life stories, but in that I learned their personalities.  I understood them in a deeper sense, strange I know.  That is what happens when you are stuck together with a group of people in close quarters.  

Why am I bringing this up?  Well I drove a long distance for the first time.  It was to Fairfax, which to me seems long.  Being on the road for 1.5 hours, a similar occurrence happened.  I was stuck with the same cars for the whole journey down the highway.  I slowly started to understand how the people would react to situation, who was aggressive, who to stick with.  Again, I don’t know the drivers’ stories or anything about them, but from their attitudes, I could learn so much.  

It is weird I can feel these connections with strangers but not with the people around me.  I’m learning to gain empathy, so I’ll find more value in connections someday.  (Yes Mrs. Britton, Someday isn’t a day of the week, but let me procrastinate on this one thing).  

I do wonder if this will be similar in college.  People who would normally not be friends be brought together because of similar circumstances.  I've seen it enough in movies, though that doesn't really say anything about real life.  In shows, people with varied personalities, when stuck in the same situation, come together.  College should be a big enough situation to warrant the same reaction.   Guess I'll see at UVA.  

Yes I'm avoiding posting about graduation.  I'll get to it....someday.