I feel a void. 

I'm not sure what it is.

From my observations thus far, it is the absence of my friends. The people who truly know me of my past. I feel that whenever I may see them again, I will not be the same person. 

Most likely because that is true. 

But what is that to say of the new people that I meet here? And the new "friends" that I become 'acquainted' with?

Many of them are great people; great professionals that I admire and am honored to share life with.  But the face value that we all place on each other are the actions that we create and sustain during our shared time here in this vast place. We do not know truthfully know each others' past, nor of what truly makes each of us who we are today.

This leads to much judgement and skepticism.

What leads us to better things is open-mindedness and care. An emotional and genuine care for each other's well-being, for we are in a land, in which I feel, bound by the unknown.