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How are you misunderstood? Let me count the ways.
People tell you to lighten up when you’re just trying to enlighten them.
People tell you to stop being so critical when you’re just making careful, thoughtful and thorough observations.
People tell you that you need to stop overthinking when you haven’t even begun to truly analyze the situation.
People tell you that you’re arrogant when you’re just desperate to find someone who can discuss the philosophy of William James. Doesn’t everyone love William James?
People tell you that you don’t know how to have fun when you’re having a ball reading Tolstoy.
People tell you to slow down when you’re already going at a painfully plodding pace.
People tell you that you’re OCD when you’ve painted your living room 12 times in the last 3 years, but you discern the difference between white, off-white, and off-off-white. And, you’re distressed when the color…
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