Interesting passage

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Below is a passage I read somewhere (I won't say where yet, I don't want to

color any responses). It struck a chord with me.

Does it mean anything / strike a chord to anyone else?

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....

It was not my fault that I was born with the gift to hear the unsaid in

everyone and everything. Furthermore, it was a prerequisite of my breeding

not to suffer bigots, liars, cheats, and hypocrites: who could sit idly by

and watch such creatures make fools and sport of good people? Certainly not

I

Let me explain.

As a young child I assumed that anyone could tune in to the inner

thoughts of those around them and to the impressions that people left on

objects they came into contact with, so that everything said and done in the

course of the waking hours seemed to me to be a comical charade for the sake

of pleasantness. You thought one thing and then said precisely what everyone

else wanted to hear, even if it meant betraying your own judgement. If

everyone could hear what you were really thinking, then why not say it out

loud? In fact, why bother speaking at all? My attempts to rectify this silly

precoss always ended in many gasps, arguments among adults, being sent to my

room, and tears - usually my own. I learned that the everyday verbal charade

of lies did keep the peace, and so I too mastered how to play the game to

appease and please my betters.

....

</quote>

Kaylee

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