Words, emotions and actions make up the web of our social conventions, and humans live suspended there, pulled in all directions. Yet, despite the attempts to share our life with others, we are inherently isolated from everyone since we can only be sure of the thoughts in our head.

Perhaps our rationality is simply a response we evolved to deal with this paradox, but I don’t really know because I struggle with real empathy, and find it hard to relate to others.

Each of our experience is unique, and our communication is approximate, so, regardless of our intent, we really only have the potential to understand each other. But, if we are aware of this limitation, then we can realize the autonomy of our thinking is also the greatest gift we have as living beings, even though it renders us alone.