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their group.</p><p id="c06e">A few days back, I shared a few lines from Agatha Christie’s novel on a Whats App group. This group is formed of members of the town where I live. The response I got from 3 or 4 people overwhelmed me. I had never thought that I could be having a discussion on crime novels, happiness, and human behaviors with this lot.</p><p id="ddf9">We had to make a separate group for our discussion. What happened? I thought to myself. Luck maybe. But I realized that I had to share my interests in an open group. I took a leap of faith, a plunge down the ridge hoping I will fly. Sure, I had done it once or twice previously but the rejection stopped me for further doing it. I should have kept ongoing.</p><h2 id="e2f8">Let Yourself Be Found</h2><p id="af01">I was always afraid and still is to share <a href="thehappyminded.com">my website</a> with friends and family. I felt embarrassed and always wondered how they will feel. But still, I wondered why nobody knows about me. Why no one understands me, how people find groups and communities where they can discuss the most intimating things.</p><p id="0b42">Now looking back how this little incident has brought me people whom I can have a conversation which can nourish my soul. I look forward to spending time with them. Instead of pushing my way into a flock forcefully, I should have been brave enough. I should have let my people know who I am and let them find me.</p><p id="c833">If everyone like me and you is afraid to share their interests, what you like and dislike, what are your ideas about life and its problems how will we find each other?</p><p id="d139">I realized that there is always a bunch which is ready to accept me. Somewhere in the world absolutely, somewhere around us maybe. Don’t

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be afraid of rejection, without rejection it is not possible to find what you are looking for.</p><h2 id="45ea">Quality Few Are Better than Many Unworthy</h2><p id="79ab">For some people like me, a few right kind friends are more important than a large party. <b>I enjoy having meaningful conversations with one or two people</b>. I could never get the idea of why anyone would want to have so many friends. How they spend time with each other and listen to one another?</p><p id="6c2d">There are many like me and you out there. Afraid to come out. If I hadn’t shared those lines from “Death on The Nile” by Agatha Christie which were related to the discussion going on in the group, I would have never found those people, people who I enjoy having a conversation rather than a feeling a burden.</p><p id="62c4">There are gatherings where you just have to be. Every cell in your body feels uncomfortable, you cringe even by the thought of going there and yet you have to. The conversations are uncomfortable and the manner of the people is irritating.</p><p id="5dbe">We all have our fair share of these crowds. And then there is crowd where you don’t want to leave. You could do anything and give up anything to be a part of it. This is the party where you could share freely what comes into your mind. The people there are accepting even though they don’t agree with all of your thoughts.</p><p id="adb5">Some people like night clubs, some book clubs. You can’t dance at a book club and you surely shouldn’t expect to have a conversation, a quiet conversation about human behavior, life, and people in a dance club.</p><p id="c172"><b>Choose your club,</b> don’t be afraid of being ridiculed. You have to be brave to get something worth looking forward to.</p></article></body>

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Don’t Go Looking for Friends or Communities Let Them Find You

We automatically get fit or become part of a group

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This process is often subconscious for us and the group of which we are becoming part of.

Birds of same feathers flock together.

I realized this recently in a very unexpected way. I have been searching to be with like-minded people all my life. I always wanted to be a part of the group with the same intellectual level and interests. I get rejuvenated by discussing the problems, philosophy, life scenarios with people rather than politics, gossips, and celebrities.

But there was one thing that I was doing wrong. I was never brave enough to let my thoughts out in public. If you don’t share your ideas it becomes difficult to find out the right person or right people. Many a time I thought I had found what I was looking for.

Don’t Force Your Way In

I tried to become part of the pack. I could have given anything to be their fellow. But they never accepted me, without any reason. I tried so hard that in the end, it hurt me when I still couldn’t get a response. I couldn’t understand. Sometimes others don’t see you as a part of their group.

A few days back, I shared a few lines from Agatha Christie’s novel on a Whats App group. This group is formed of members of the town where I live. The response I got from 3 or 4 people overwhelmed me. I had never thought that I could be having a discussion on crime novels, happiness, and human behaviors with this lot.

We had to make a separate group for our discussion. What happened? I thought to myself. Luck maybe. But I realized that I had to share my interests in an open group. I took a leap of faith, a plunge down the ridge hoping I will fly. Sure, I had done it once or twice previously but the rejection stopped me for further doing it. I should have kept ongoing.

Let Yourself Be Found

I was always afraid and still is to share my website with friends and family. I felt embarrassed and always wondered how they will feel. But still, I wondered why nobody knows about me. Why no one understands me, how people find groups and communities where they can discuss the most intimating things.

Now looking back how this little incident has brought me people whom I can have a conversation which can nourish my soul. I look forward to spending time with them. Instead of pushing my way into a flock forcefully, I should have been brave enough. I should have let my people know who I am and let them find me.

If everyone like me and you is afraid to share their interests, what you like and dislike, what are your ideas about life and its problems how will we find each other?

I realized that there is always a bunch which is ready to accept me. Somewhere in the world absolutely, somewhere around us maybe. Don’t be afraid of rejection, without rejection it is not possible to find what you are looking for.

Quality Few Are Better than Many Unworthy

For some people like me, a few right kind friends are more important than a large party. I enjoy having meaningful conversations with one or two people. I could never get the idea of why anyone would want to have so many friends. How they spend time with each other and listen to one another?

There are many like me and you out there. Afraid to come out. If I hadn’t shared those lines from “Death on The Nile” by Agatha Christie which were related to the discussion going on in the group, I would have never found those people, people who I enjoy having a conversation rather than a feeling a burden.

There are gatherings where you just have to be. Every cell in your body feels uncomfortable, you cringe even by the thought of going there and yet you have to. The conversations are uncomfortable and the manner of the people is irritating.

We all have our fair share of these crowds. And then there is crowd where you don’t want to leave. You could do anything and give up anything to be a part of it. This is the party where you could share freely what comes into your mind. The people there are accepting even though they don’t agree with all of your thoughts.

Some people like night clubs, some book clubs. You can’t dance at a book club and you surely shouldn’t expect to have a conversation, a quiet conversation about human behavior, life, and people in a dance club.

Choose your club, don’t be afraid of being ridiculed. You have to be brave to get something worth looking forward to.

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