I am so depressed with talking to people that I've actually been planning to cut off all communication with everyone I know after high school.
I dropped out of high school for that very reason! The
best decision of my life! Everyone whose acquaintance I made at the public schools has no knowledge of my whereabouts nor do I have any of theirs. My whole experience there was like a horribly hackneyed, pedantic, pseudo-bohemian indie film whose plot was too ridiculous to understand and too depressing to follow.
I get the feeling I would have trouble having an in-depth conversation with most people at the Traditional Catholic Church I attend judging by the relatively short confessional line each Sunday.
I wouldn't necessarily use that as a criterion in order to assess the potential contributions that an individual Catholic can make to a conversation, rather I would be more inclined to note if they stick around for an appropriate thanksgiving after Holy Mass and Holy Communion.
But then again, who am I to judge? For all I know, they may be so advanced in the spiritual life, and may have arrived at such a lofty apogee of the unitive life, that they may enjoy the grace of continual contemplation and make their thanksgivings whilst going about their way, like our Angel-Guardians who exercise their divinely ordained patronage and tutelage whilst ever beholding and rejoicing in the beatific vision of God.
What I do know for certain is that most of the people I know are probably better than me and more advanced in the interior life, and therefore more beloved by God and well-pleasing in His sight: but I would still avoid them anyways, because I would be unworthy of their company...
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