Consider

How local is the scale of human existence...

Nowadays I'm more worried when a friend doesn't call after a night out than when I don't hear from my brother in several weeks...

Imagine simply and completely subtracting a random friend from your life.

Then imagine almost subtracting everyone.

Naive

Naive of me to think that when you say "one" I'm not going to go home drunk.

Naive of me to think that the people I quietly care about care about what I think.

Naive of me I generally believe what people say.

Naive of me to believe their promises.

I'm beginning to think this is a character flaw.