Jeremy just didn’t get it. This is his story.
Jeremy had a problem fitting in. All his life he had never been able to find a group that he felt comfortable being a part of. And no group ever seemed comfortable with him in it. To put it in today’s internet vernacular, he never found his tribe.
He had an aversion to ‘tribes’ despite an undying yearning to be part of one. It was a dichotomy that had torn him apart his entire life.
There were several times in his life when he thought that he had finally found a group that he could be a part of but it always ended badly. Looking back on his life, it was crystal clear that one of the primary reasons every group experience ended badly is because Jeremy, once he was accepted into a group, almost immediately commenced to try to become the leader of that group. He did not know how to be merely a member of a group. His natural inclination was to be the leader.
But the sad truth, Jeremy realized upon reflecting on his life, is that he was a terrible leader. He had forced his way into the leadership position of a few groups during the course of his life and every time the whole group ended up leaving and he was left alone. Over time he became a slightly better leader but that only meant that it took a little longer for everyone to leave. Inevitably he was always left standing…
