I really appreciate that and need that compliment, thank you!
I’m just sick and tired of being ridiculed and criticized by various people at this campus I am on that I cannot wait to get done sooner. The whole church group I’ve been in everyone of those people around my age or a little younger have cars, licenses, and various things and I don’t have none of that. They want to talk about how we shouldn’t worry about the little things we have and don’t but yet it’s hypocritical when they talk about what types of cars or rims they have and how they are so glad they have one when I’m working my butt off for these things in a slow process, living with a single mom who is struggling financially and is going back to school because of it and I’m helping her anyway I can. I’m going to be taking my driving test by the end of this year so I’ll get that out of the way but I come to realize when I’m getting these things I want it’s not making me any happier than I am now.
The factors of not having the various things others have makes me more of an outcast at this campus, more than being excluded from a group because I’m an aspie and I can care less anymore knowing that these things will come eventually and if anyone has a problem then that’s there own. I do not have a problem at all loosing as many friends as I’m loosing now cause at the end of the day there’s a slim chance I’ll ever see them again my whole life. I still have that doubt if I’m ever going to be perfect like anyone else but I decided that does not even matter anymore.
I started to pick and choose quotes from your above post to include in my response here, but... the whole post is so well spoken and mature and insightful that I had to give up!
You'll find that what you are experiencing now, will be a recurring theme throughout life.
Those people who are more worried about
"us vs. them" now, most likely always will be.
They'll worry about it so much, that they'll let the truly important things in life slip by them.
You've got a genuine desire to learn, an interesting field of study, a well placed set of priorities, a good sense of responsibility, and a great personality.
Don't let this go to your head, but you're destined for greatness, Dillon, and
I'm more than a little envious!
If that makes you an outcast, then those people's opinions aren't worth a pitcher of warm spit.
I feel lucky to know you, and there are a great many others here that feel the same.
Just don't forget us when you're famous!
Keep on keepin' on, brother.
sidd
