When you’ve spent a major portion of your life floating away from everything familiar, it’s hard to find ways to fit in with your surroundings.
No matter how long it’s been since you’ve had the experience, you find that it’s always a part of you. Second nature to hold yourself back. Knowing that fitting in isn’t something that you’re used to. So, when the world around you expects you to fit in with the norm, well, it’s frustrating that others don’t understand your position. The pressure takes on a tangible weight that you can’t shake off. And it can be exhausting.
So, why do we fall into these expectations? Why do we have to fit in? As long as we’re comfortable with who we are, then why can’t others understand your position? Mutual respect should require that we all step back and see… really see what we’re each made up of. Understand the experiences that make us all unique. Understand that fitting in isn’t on everyone’s agenda. The only shape that we need to fit is the one that we’re most comfortable with. Anything else is just for the comfort of those others who expect conformance. Our wide open ocean that covers such a major portion of our planet, and the vast sky in which we inhabit, are daily reminders that we’ve got a lot of room to fit into. And the shapes that fit into this area can be as varied as can fit. Water, air…they’re able to fit around whatever shape they come into contact with. That’s comforting to remember when the pressure to fit in becomes overwhelming.
So hang in there. There are a lot of people who are in the same boat, believing that fitting in isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. We’re seeing the fissures caused by the expectations to conform, and the people who are acting out of their own need to be their own person first.
