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Y&R Discussion Group
Well, I guess like everything, it's all in the perspective, and the bottomline is we all have our own karma to work out.. and if you believe in past lives, we experience a wide range of human drama throughout our time on earth.
Anyway, this guy who used to go to my highschool.. he was bigger, a bit out there, people picked on him, etc. I don't even know much about him but he was strange. Then again there are many shades of strange, hard to define and I'd rather not label anyone.
In any case, I recently saw him on the bus this year, as I was coming home from work. I kept seeing him on the bus no matter the time though. It seems he rides the bus for hours, going back and forth, talking to the bus drivers and passengers he meets everyday for company. He has gotten much larger unfortunately.
I don't really want to say much more about it, and don't think I am using this story as amusement. We all have our peculiar habits and dysfunctions, and I am no different. Still though, I find this occurence remarkable. I went to the movies tonight and he was on the bus... 3.5 hours later and same bus driver and that guy still on the bus as I am going back home. Most people would just use the internet, not sure if that is worse or not.
Zach I think I'd start-up a conversation with him...feel him out. Tell him you remember him from school, see if he remembers you.
I worked at a Cat Shelter for 19 yrs...one of my [hats] was Volunteer Coordinator...EVELYN was one of our VOLUNTEERS...she came on a regular basis, 5 days a week, rain or shine...YOU COULD SET YOUR CLOCK BY HER...11am here she'd come walking up the hill toward the shelter [she took the bus everyday and had to walk a mile from the bus stop]. She never missed a day [she even came with her walker after falling and hurting her hip] She would sit with the cats for 3hrs, comforting them by humming to them...she really had a calming effect on them [whenever we had a cat/kitten that was having a hard time adjusting I would make sure EVELYN knew and she'd sit with them]. The interesting thing about EVELYN and WHY I'M TELLING THIS STORY is... she suffered from SCHIZOPHRENIA [under control with drugs] and some of your old friends behaviors sounded similar, and the weight gain might be related to drug therapy??? EVELYN was also amazing in the things she remembered...dates, bus schedules and times, she knew a lot about diseases and medications [she wanted to be a doctor before she was stricken]. She had a very high IQ but you could tell she was "a little off" [or as you put it Zach "strange"]. THE SAD THING was the way some of the other staff members treated her...one in particular was bothered by her humming and the sound her walker made scraping on the ground...GMAB! I WAS ALWAYS DOING BATTLE FOR HER. I FOUND HER TO BE INTERESTING AND HELPFUL and so did the cats. Our shelter was her daily refuge in an unforgiving world!
Sadly after 15yrs and thousands of hours of volunteering EVELYN succumed to an unrelated illness...the cats and I missed her greatly. The bottom line here is THE BEAUTIFUL, POSITIVE EFFECTS EVELYN'S LIFE HAD ON THOSE WHO WERE CONSCIOUS ENOUGH TO PERCIEVE IT, FAR OUTWEIGHED THE UGLINESS OF THOSE WHO UNFORTUNATELY DIDN'T.
So Zach your friend riding the bus is probably a daily activity that comforts him in some way and an OPPORTUNITY for others TO SHOW A KINDNESS to someone who's "a little different" by interacting with him...which in turn puts GOOD ENERGY INTO THE UNIVERSE. As you said "it's all in the perspective" and this one isn't sad.
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happen to ride the bus again today, and no surprise he was there.
however, it seems he is accepted by the drivers. it would really be great if he COULD get a job as a driver too but somehow I don't think he could.
In any case, he seems fine, nothing to worry about. But sometimes what we see can be different from reality. It also occured to me this is a temporary situation.. for whatever reason, and it's good to be out rather than alone. so kudos to him
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