\t\t\t\tDear Old Hippy,<\/p>\n
First of all I would like to say that it’s really nice of you to share your
\nwisdom with the younger hippies. With your help, we will gain the knowledge
\nyou guys had in the 60s and take over where you left off.<\/p>\n
I was hoping you could help me with a problem I’ve been having. You see, I live in a very
\nsmall town and I’m the only hippie. I am very lonely here and don’t have
\nany friends. There is no one here who shares my beliefs and ideas. They’re
\nall shallow and have no tolerance for people who are different. I’ve tried
\nbeing nice to them but it’s no use. I have been thinking about leaving this
\ntown to find a place where I can be happy but I’m only 16 and even if I did
\nhave a car, I have no where to go. Please give me some advice.<\/p>\n
Is this what it’s like for you being the only hippie in an intolerant town? Perhaps you can convince your parents to let you go to a nearby city for Don’t give up hope. Soon you will be among your true peers. Oh, by the -The Old Hippy<\/p>\n Posted by: skip Dear Old Hippy, First of all I would like to say that it’s really nice of you to share your wisdom with the younger hippies. With your help, we will gain the knowledge you guys had in the 60s and take over where you left off. I was hoping you could help me with a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[49,125],"class_list":["post-192","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ask-the-old-hippie","tag-freedom","tag-tolerance"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hipplanet.com\/hip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hipplanet.com\/hip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hipplanet.com\/hip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hipplanet.com\/hip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hipplanet.com\/hip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=192"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.hipplanet.com\/hip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hipplanet.com\/hip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hipplanet.com\/hip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=192"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hipplanet.com\/hip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nSounds like a Twilight Zone episode. Remember the one where they do
\nsurgery on this woman because she looks so different from everyone else,
\nthey see her as completely ugly. When they’re finished they remove the
\nbandages from her face to reveal a ravishing beauty. At this point you
\nthink, oh she’s great looking, they fixed her. Then you see her doctors
\nand they’re all deformed looking and ugly. The operation is a failure.
\nShe’s still ugly by their standards. The woman is shattered. <\/span><\/p>\n
\nOthers have written me with similar situations. You’re 16 now and ready
\nfor a taste of freedom. Rather than running away, perhaps you can plan a
\nvisit to a relative or family friend in another (hopefully larger and more
\ntolerant) town. Once there you can go out on your own and meet people.
\nWithin a family or town there are often some individuals who are more open
\nand tolerant than others. Sometimes they’re a little different and try to
\nappear to conform but inside they are completely different than people
\nmight think. If you know someone like this in your area perhaps you can
\nconfide in them and they can help you meet people who are more your style.<\/p>\n
\nsome big event like a concert. Take a friend and once there you can meet
\nsome other people. If you plan on going to college, apply only to larger
\nones in more interesting places (see our Hippy Havens for ideas). Perhaps
\nyour parents will let you travel to some of these schools to check them
\nout. That would be a lot of fun (even if you’re not really interested in
\ncollege!).<\/p>\n
\nway the Twilight Zone episode ends with the doctors introducing an ugly
\n(really handsome) man to the ugly (really beautiful) woman thus reassuring the
\nwoman that there are others like her. The man tells her she can stay with
\nthem and of course she lives happily ever after. The End …or the
\nBeginning….<\/p>\n
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