Midsummer Day ii

A lot of people my age feel sort of placeless, don't know what to do, are disconnected. During the change this week I feel myself changing and I think what it is boils down to the truth that, in many ways we are who we are in response to the people around us, to the responsibility we owe them. Suddenly I am catapulted into a new and strange group of kids and I change because they have changed me. I have a responsibility toward them, and it was one I didn't have toward anyone last week. And yet I don't feel put upon. I feel glad to take it. I feel like it's always been there waiting for me. Though I can't define it.