The light bulb stood alone in the darkness. He connected a
single battery cell to the ends of the loose wires that were linked to the
bulb. It started to glow, albeit a dim light. Then he had an idea. He took
another battery cell and connected that to the bulb too. It grew brighter. And
so he went on a frenzy. One after another, the bulb grew brighter and brighter.
And then it fused. There was just too many batteries connected to it. The bulb
returned to its initial state of darkness, with only a faint orange light still
visible on its filament.
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I suppose some introverts are like that. They need someone
to empower them. To help them connect to the world. And then the more people
they know, the more empowered they feel/are. And that’s when you stop seeing
them as the introvert self they once were. And then it reaches the threshold
level whereby there are just too many people. And then, the introvert once
again shrinks back to their original self. Wanting and seeking solitude.