by Drömlund
SURVIVAL MANUAL FOR ALIENS [and other sensitive beings who find themselves stuck] ON EARTH
YOU COULD VERY WELL BE AN ALIEN WITHOUT KNOWING IT
Have you long felt a sense of alienation within yourself, that you’re not quite like everyone else, but haven’t been able to pinpoint exactly what it is? Does it sometimes feel like you’re on the “wrong planet,” as if there’s something fundamentally wrong with the world you live in? That the world around you is a crazy circus, but you’re the one being accused of being wrong or weird in one way or another? Do you sometimes feel a sensation of sadness, a sort of homesickness without knowing exactly what this “home” would be? If this resonates with you, you may well be an alien without knowing it!
LITTLE LIVINGSTONE …
Once upon a time, there was a stone lying on a beach. It had been there for probably a million years. It was a special little stone but wasn’t aware of it, yet.
The stone loved its life. It was a calm, peaceful, and pleasant existence, and the stone felt at one with everything. Sometimes it rained. Sometimes the sun was shining. Sometimes it was windy. The stone could sense the vast ocean that sometimes whispered, sometimes roared.
But one day, something happened. The stone heard human voices. Well actually, the stone didn’t have ears to hear with, but it could sense the vibrations. What is that?, the stone wondered. Oh, how I wish I could see what it is …
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