[Humble Janitor]

Reading this gave me an a-ha! moment.

In my life I have met people who have claimed that I always know the right things to say and I couldn't know this without some special ability, could I? I rely a lot on facial expressions due to my disability and I had experiences in the past where I could read someone's expression accurately and if they tried to hide it, I would not let up until they admitted to their feelings.

I wonder if losing one of your senses strengthens the other senses? Regardless, I struggled a lot as a child and into my early adulthood, mainly with a feeling that I wasn't accepted or I didn't belong. I had to kind of carve out my own identity and learn how to control my habits (especially drinking). I have become a much more social person in the past few years and it only picked up last year. I found myself wanting to connect with people after pushing them away for so many years.

Regardless, this is fascinating stuff to read and I am trying to make some connection from my experiences to see if it fits in with this. It also helps that I come from a family with good genes and they only get really sick if they can't stay in shape and eat well, something that's been following me around forever.

Anyway, hope y'all don't mind me sharing this stuff. I've gotta really get into meditation.