ADAM'S HARDSHIPS [V]

But it means nothing. You accepted it. That was the only solution. The work you hated, the beer that is too bitter, and senseless, empty, and trivial discussions. You laughed and played your role because there was nothing else you could do. This is the world we live in, you thought. Why am I different? You kept asking, failing to find a way out. Weirdo, stranger, wimp, you told yourself. Anyway, that was you indeed. You never heard anything better from your closest friends and family. However, there was something that made your life seem awesome. To avoid extra mockery, it was something that you could never share with others. You saw things that others didn’t notice. You felt things, that others couldn’t experience. You experienced the moments while others just lived. But that was nothing. Nothing meaningful. You were just a common misfit. But one day it changed. And this changed your outlook on everything. It showed you the way out of this trap. On your road you finally met him — a terrific man. He differed so much from all these one-dimensional people you were surrounded by. He noticed all the things that you could see — additional dimensions. He was extraordinary, wise, insightful, and curious about the world. He understood things, states, thoughts, not only linearly, but also pointed by the periscope of life. His association made you happy, at last you felt that you had air in your lungs, and the will to get up, to admire these wonderful things: a sky full of stars, millions of dandelions floating in the air, or the art of constructional engineering swiftly woven by the cross spider, which shone with dew at the time of the sunrise when everything awakens to another fantastic day of life.