i have noticed that a lot more people are miserable and unkind these days. most of them don't attack me in the manner you describe, just the people at Bible Study who think I'm eccentric because I don't think EXACTLY the way they do, so I am going to avoid them. This means I won't see many people. Tonight I'll take another walk outside and if I see anyone they will either be nice or ignore me, the typical way peeps behave here.
I agree, Dej, that your community must be peopled with persons who are highly stressed and have succumbed to it. Flailing out. It is all so tragic. It's all I can see now, as i look out on my world: tragedy.
Of course there IS a rabbit washing her face in my yard...she's OK, not tragic, just beautiful.