Who/what do you feel the most kinship/connection with?

'Who/what do you feel the most kinship/connection with?'

You know, if I answered that question in-depth as opposed to swiftly and without thought, I would find it a very difficult question; and not because I'm the kind of cold-hearted sociopath we're too often imagined to be but because, at heart, autists are *internally* isolated. There's a thin wall between us and other lives but it nevertheless remains a solid, transparent, though misted wall. Connection is fleeting, and we're the spirits trying to be heard and seen. None of what I've written in this post is meant to be critical or pessimistic; it's just what my life has shown me.

'Who/what do you feel the most kinship/connection with?'

You know, if I answered that question in-depth as opposed to swiftly and without thought, I would find it a very difficult question; and not because I'm the kind of cold-hearted sociopath we're too often imagined to be but because, at heart, autists are *internally* isolated. There's a thin wall between us and other lives but it nevertheless remains a solid, transparent, though misted wall. Connection is fleeting, and we're the spirits trying to be heard and seen. None of what I've written in this post is meant to be critical or pessimistic; it's just what my life has shown me.

Brilliantly put. 

Steven said:

autists are *internally* isolated

that's why I had to make a list in order, some beings/things are easier to connect with