Very sad about your friend. But you can (and, it seems, do) take comfort in your time together, and what gifts he gave you.
"I have always believed that his colleagues simply could not keep up with his intellect and he was an affront to their egos."
As might not surprise you, I have some knowledge of this ... "condition". I call it the Cassandra Syndrome. Some value my ability to "see into the future". Most people are somewhere between annoyed, jealous, and terrified of it.
Me thinks we have a bit more in common than first realized. I have gotten the terrified response from some. I was accused of being akin to a gypsy once. Part of the reason I like this forum is because I do not feel like the lone voice crying in the wilderness trying to sound the alarm.
What I see (X) is so clear to me it's blinking red, but somehow most can't even see it at all. Then when X happens I get the looks. Some are the "wtf" looks. Some are the "what is he" looks.
Very sad about your friend. But you can (and, it seems, do) take comfort in your time together, and what gifts he gave you.
"I have always believed that his colleagues simply could not keep up with his intellect and he was an affront to their egos."
As might not surprise you, I have some knowledge of this ... "condition". I call it the Cassandra Syndrome. Some value my ability to "see into the future". Most people are somewhere between annoyed, jealous, and terrified of it.
Me thinks we have a bit more in common than first realized. I have gotten the terrified response from some. I was accused of being akin to a gypsy once. Part of the reason I like this forum is because I do not feel like the lone voice crying in the wilderness trying to sound the alarm.
I am consistently viewed as some sort of warlock.
What I see (X) is so clear to me it's blinking red, but somehow most can't even see it at all. Then when X happens I get the looks. Some are the "wtf" looks. Some are the "what is he" looks.
I can relate. That is why many avoid me.
And also why we are having this conversation.