Alienation... 2

Humans are relational beings. It is this desire to develop relations with others and the failure to achieve this that we feel alienated from the people around us and from this world.

However, what is a true relationship? What is true connection with one another?

Sometimes, the people that know you best may not be the ones that we form a connection to. Sometimes a connection is formed with people that we only have a superficial relationship with. For example, we may feel a connection or closeness with a person that shares a common interest with us, even though that person does not know a thing about our inner feelings or struggles. On the other hand, our connection with a person who knows us well and who we trust and confide our problems to may just be limited to the fact that the person is merely a channel for us to express our emotions, and we may not really form a connection with that person on another level.

Maybe it is this irony that makes us feel more alienated. The people we form a connection to may not be able to help us through our struggles and problems. The people who may be able to help us through our struggles and problems may not be the ones who we feel we are connected to. In the end, we feel like being stuck in a "no man's land", where noone can really get through to us, and we are all alone, alienated, and detached from the people and the world around us.

The true irony of this fact is that our world is actually made up of millions of "no man's land", and each person is standing in their own "no man's land" and not able to see that right next to them is another person standing in their own "no man's land".