“I wish I could just be normal!”
Today I had a long conversation with a dear one.
She asked me if I feel normal now. This was my response. Do you have any additional supporting words for others who are struggling with not feeling “normal”?
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Do I feel normal now? No. But I have long since found that most people don’t feel normal and just want to fit in.
I’ve learned that normal is completely relative.
And I’ve found I can always find others who are on a similar if not identical path.
There are choices I have made that I am not willing to compromise on. And I’ve learned to be good with it.
Though loneliness can be an issue if I don’t cultivate a support system and pour into it as much or more than I get out of it.
Even now I’m looking at who I am now and what I need to do over the next few years and thinking “who do I want to surround myself with”.
At this point I have little bandwidth for being surrounded by people who don’t get what I’m doing.
I only have so much energy and need to surround myself with the voices that are supportive.
If that makes sense.
~Shannon