The Thing about Fitting In.
What they don't tell you about fitting in, is that it is a constant search. You never really stop searching for a place you belong until you actually find it. Now, I don't mean fitting in, in a- I - want - people - to - like - me kind of way, I mean it in a- I - actually - think - I've - found - where - I - belong kinda way. I've shuffled around so many times, and it does feel as if every time I move from place to place, I have to learn to "fit in" every single time. For such a long time, I thought to really thrive in a place, I had to find my groove amongst those who already do - almost as if being or feeling individualistic and different would be against the grain, and in retrospect it is really against the grain. But then, I thought to myself - why does it have to be that way? Why did I have to constantly change myself to suit a place? Adapting to a place - definitely. But, changing myself was only a recipe of slowly losing myself.Having
