Some days I wake up feeling like the life has been drained from me. My dreams were pervaded by a sense of pointlessness, and the feeling has carried over into my waking. Perhaps, introvert that I am, all the socialization last night has exhausted me.
I feel a nameless wanting and a dispirited malaise.
I’m here to hold you, babe!
Each separate being in the universe
returns to the common source.
Returning to the source is serenity.
If you don’t realize the source,
you stumble in confusion and sorrow.
When you realize where you come from,
you naturally become tolerant,
disinterested, amused,
kindhearted as a grandmother,
dignified as a king.
Immersed in the wonder of the Tao,
you can deal with whatever life brings you,
and when death comes, you are ready.
Tao Te Ching, Chapter 16
I find that sometimes being around two many people can really drain me physically and emtionally. Not always, whichc is the funny thing.