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You have been puzzled for years, [[wondering]] why people shrink from you. Now we tell you: It is not the color of your eyes, not your costume, not your height, or self-[[confidence]], or the way you use your eyes, it is your fearless [[quality]] that both [[fascinates]] and disturbs those around you. It is unsettling to them.

You have been puzzled for years, [[wondering]] why people shrink from you. Now we tell you: It is not the color of your eyes, not your costume, not your height, or self-[[confidence]], or the way you use your eyes, it is your fearless [[quality]] that both [[fascinates]] and disturbs those around you. It is unsettling to them.

 

You have said repeatedly, in the last few years, that people are not what they once were. This is true. There has been a disturbing, rapid [[degradation]] of the [[moral]] fiber and general ruggedness of people in recent decades, especially in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American North America]. But then you spoil the ground you have gained with further petulant remarks, calling people "mealy-mouthed," and other pejorative terms like that. While these [[observations]] are true enough, you fail to consider the  your [[words]] have on your listener, for they -- unlike you -- are not fearless, and their [[automatic]] and immediate [[reaction]] is to fear you, for all they know, you will turn the firehose of your [[criticism]] next upon them. You should have more [[compassion]], although, truth be told, you can no more [[understand]] [[fear]] -- not possessing any -- than we can understand the passion for college football. It is a minor [[mystery]], un-plumbable.

You have said repeatedly, in the last few years, that people are not what they once were. This is true. There has been a disturbing, rapid [[degradation]] of the [[moral]] fiber and general ruggedness of people in recent decades, especially in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American North America]. But then you spoil the ground you have gained with further petulant remarks, calling people "mealy-mouthed," and other pejorative terms like that. While these [[observations]] are true enough, you fail to consider the  your [[words]] have on your listener, for they -- unlike you -- are not fearless, and their [[automatic]] and immediate [[reaction]] is to fear you, for all they know, you will turn the firehose of your [[criticism]] next upon them. You should have more [[compassion]], although, truth be told, you can no more [[understand]] [[fear]] -- not possessing any -- than we can understand the passion for college football. It is a minor [[mystery]], un-plumbable.