Tell us about a time when you felt out of place.

In the last couple of decades, I have been mingling with different people, attending many different events, some public some secret, some semi public…

These activities gave me the opportunity to learn about people in every position and social standing. From rich to those less rich and those not at all materially wealthy.

Most of the time, I felt out of place when in the company of those materially wealthy. It is not because I am somewhat different or better or whatever… No. I still have friends in that part of society. Just I decided to avoid much mingling with them as I feel, to be humble, their lack of enlightenment. I do feel out of place. One of them whom I respect and who holds a high degree in one of those organisations told me. “You are one of us, but you can not be a member of our organisation. Because we are projected to say yes to all while you will be questioning many of the decisions…”

I took it as a compliment.

I am of the oppinion that fame and wealth without enlightenment benefit neither the people nor the descendants. So many of those rich might possess wealth, but still do not represent wise people. They are in the category of “mid creatures.”

How can this be elaborated?

Wise people and simple people are alike. The truth is revealed to them.  The wise understand it with reason, and simple people with heart and love.

The worst are mediocre people. They are not people. They are easily corrupt and thus don’t have their own opinion. Even if they fill their mouth with different oppinions. They are stubborn, and unfortunately, they don’t know how to love. Thus, they can be dangerous for our existence. But they don’t even care. Mediocres are easily turned into zombies and are easy to be seduced no matter how much money they have.  It’s even easier to make them hate. But to love?  No, these people can’t do that.

Those are the ones in whose environment I always feel out of place. And there are more of them than before, or maybe they show themselves more freely than before, believing that their stupidity is God willing…

You know my dears, the Belgian cartoonist of Serbian descendant  Zoran Radmilovic known for the popular comic “Le Chat” wrote in French:

“La mort, c’est un peu comme la connerie. Le mort, lui, il ne saitpas qu’il est mort… ce sont les autres qui sont tristes. Le conc’est pareil… “

In English is sounds like this:

“Death is a bit like stupidity. The dead don’t know they’re dead… it’s the others who are sad. With stupidity is the same…“

And for my Greek friends, here is the Greek translation:

“Ο θάνατος είναι λίγο σαν την βλακεία. Οι νεκροί δεν ξέρουν ότι είναι νεκροί… οι άλλοι είναι λυπημένοι. Με την βλακεία συμβαίνει το ίδιο…”

That is another reason that at least I feel out of place and sad when I am in their company. And that is why I abandoned secret and semi secret groups, etc… and began with philosophyofgoodnews.

But I do not ignore anyone! Just avoid pressuring people to accept my World View( definition of the World  view below). When their time is right, they will come to me, to us.

Thomas Paine was right when he stated in his 1776  pamphlet Common Sense:

“Time makes more converts than reason.”

Just deeply hope that we will all stay alive and have the pleasure to wait for that time to come. Together!

October 4, 2025

Darko Richard Lancelot

Philosophyofgoodnews.com

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