i've casually accepted that i'll stand out like a sore thumb, especially whenever i will (and have) gone out beyond "my island of blue." but instead of being afloat in "their energy" i choose to "carry my island with me" and float/stand in "my energy."
and my energy sees them as people. misguided and occasionally poisonously hateful people, but still people. i just don't have to "get off my island" to "be one" with every venomous person, however. i can be one with people on my floating paradise and let those who want to join choose my happy island. together we can make more land and build condos -- without HOAs and CC&Rs even!
but it is scary to feel alone, exposed, and friendless. and your daily experience is not really my daily experience. so i cannot but offer anything except a measly coping mechanism for when i travel. eventually the brave face can last only so long; that's where gratitude for those who are in your life and love you has to raise you up from sinking, isn't it?
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