I’ve always wondered what it felt to be that one guy: the popular one. The one guy who was always at the center of everything. The one guy who was surrounded by his crew, always laughing and governing as the highest caste the society. I’ve never been anything than more than a a discrete and transparent person ever since I’ve been a child. Now that I’m over 60 years old this year, I’ve come to question this envy I felt as a child and still felt during a large part of my life.

People don’t talk to each other, they merely speak at each other. I am not entirely sure if people have ever talked to each others, but I’ve recently noticed how difficult it was to have a meaningful conversation with anybody. Conversations all seem vacuous and express nothing but false pretenses. How can our society move forward at a time when all discussions turn to hysterical clashes where everybody tries to shoot the adversary down with shameless lies and ridiculous entitlements?

The world we live in is a world that has given up hope. The general mood has become constantly darker over time these past few years. Strong values such as friendship, family, and duty have all lost their meanings in today’s society where individuality has taken over mutual help and concern for the others. There is no such thing as home anymore. Families have been disintegrated as conflicts between newer and older generations break out, threatening the very foundations that our societies are based on.