"In addition to being a profoundly bewildered person, I am an incorrigible introvert. I am awkward, soft-spoken, ineloquent, and intensely shy. I do not enjoy speaking in public, posing for photographs, or asking other people for money. I dream of privacy, I revere silence, and I loathe any action that involves drawing attention to myself."
I think that this quote is a good example of how people really feel on the inside. It shows the difference between someones personality in public, and their true feelings about things when they are alone. Coming from Greg Mortenson, this quote is astonishing. Mortenson is seen as a man of great courage, someone who goes to the full extent to see change in the world, even if it's in a completely different country for people that he has never met before. In these few quoted sentences, he is admitting to being the opposite of that on the inside. He's "intensely shy", "an incorrigible introvert", he "dreams of privacy."
I think that this quote is very relatable for me. Going to school, and simply being a teenager, involves great pressures of what people think of you. When I am at home, by myself, I get stuck with my thoughts. As I'm sure everyone does. Sometimes I just sit and ask myself why I'm so "shy", so "awkward." Why can't I speak in public like other kids can? How come I stress so much when I'm a part of a photograph? Why do I like being by myself sometimes? Do other people feel like that? Or am I the only one?
As I read this quote by Mortenson, I was almost a sense of relief. There are other people that get those feelings. People that cover up their inside personality and act like an outgoing person. But the truth is, everyone feels like that. Even Greg Mortenson, the guy who travels the world, speaks to strangers, and inspires others.
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