Do You Tend to Travel Off the Beaten Path?

[d's girl]

It's been called to my attention in recent days just how not mainstream I seem to be. I think that might be common among many of us here, on tbd. I think tbd draws people who are many things.... bright, passionate, daring, engaging.... and often some of these traits don't 'go w/the flow.'

I have a quote by Nietzsche on my Profile Page that is a favorite thought of mine...

And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.

How do you find yourself off the beaten path? How do you dance to a tune that others do not hear? How are you thought to be insane (or offbeat) by others?

[Bob Stepp]

Mine too, obviously....

[d's girl]

yeah, I got that. '-)

just spent some time w/my guy before bed. 5 weeks & counting.

[Quinn]

I don’t think I’m that far off the beaten path…but I don’t think I’m mainstream either—Most popular culture has little interest to me…Oprah, Dr. Phil, Reality TV—not interested. I’ve always been like that…When my friends were reading Judy Blume I was reading Jules Verne. When they were listening to Paula Abdul I was listening to Rosemary Clooney.
I too am reluctant to compromise my principles to appease someone else. I am a tactful person [I think], but I am not shy about I feel. I try not to be difficult about it, but I don’t go along just for the sake of going along.
Oddly, through the years, many people seem to admire that trait… those are the people I call friend ;-)

[d's girl]

Quinn, that's a great way to put it - I hope that's how I come across to others- that I'm (typically) tactful & don't want to be difficult, but I don't compromise my principles just to go along. Thanks for articulating so well what I was trying to get at.

[d's girl]

glad you like the Nietzsche quote, Lynda Q. '-)

[funesthememorious]

Friedrich Nietzsche and Woody Allen - the two greatest philosophers of all time.