Feeling alone here, a foreign place

I'll be missing today but I thought I would throw this out for everyone. Every now and then I feel alone and alien in this world. I don't think this is a problem, but when surrounded by non-Christians I sometimes feel pushed into the corner. It's like I'm anything but yoked with them in beliefs. What bothers me is that I feel like all they might catch from me in regard to my faith are my refusals. We are sadly often known more for what we do not do than what we do. I've found that in the gospels things were quite the opposite most of the time. Jesus was proactive rather than reactive. Holiness sounded off for itself without legalism. He told us that they would recognize us by our love for one another. That's alien too, that kind of love, yet it's quite irresistible.