thegreatestpitt

thegreatestpitt t1_ir1afgl wrote

My dudes, I think the sentiment refers to people that for whatever reason feel behind their peers in life, or ahead of them in an awkward way. For example. A guy that had to drop out of college because he was suicidal and really needed to take care of his mental health for a few years, and by the time he starts college again, all his friends are graduating, so he feels left behind, or maybe a a gifted kid who feels isolated because he’s in college at 14 or something and he doesn’t really feel like he can make friends with the 18 year olds, or maybe someone who had to leave school to support their family and now will have to wait for years for the chance to go back to study (idk why all my examples were about school but you get what I mean). The message of the post isn’t to lay about doing nothing while watching life go by. It’s about being kind to yourself if the circumstances of your life placed you outside the status quo and the “must be”.

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