Isolation is not proof of our lack of value to others. It is an opportunity to prove our value to ourselves. It is a chance to build a skill set for making real connections and to filter out those who do not share our values.

Call it whatever you want - socially inept, a bull in a social china shop (my personal favorite), confusing, confused, an imposter, masking, a wolf in sheep’s clothing - many of us are working very hard at getting it right (whatever it may be) while inadvertently acting like a robot wearing human skin.