Two sides of living our truth
It can feel strange to do things differently than you have before. Different from what you were told to do. Different from the “norm”. Different from the status quo.
It can feel lonely when we refuse to live a prescribed life and instead live a free one. To break from the herd and say “no, that life is not for me.” To unravel and dismantle our indoctrination. To connect the dots outside the box that no one else seems to see.
It can be frustrating to feel like we have to explain and defend and protect our choices that go against convention. When we are told what we want isn’t acceptable or that we shouldn’t want it. When we are gaslit and told we don’t want what we know in every fiber of our being we want. When we spend far too much time and energy telling others what actually feels good to us only to have them criticize and ridicule.
Breaking away from the status quo, be that our family of origin’s or society’s (or both) is messy business. It can leave us feeling outcast (because we are),misunderstood (because we are), disrespected (because we are). People don’t “get” us and in this they try to tame us, shame us, mold us into something we aren’t, can’t be, never were.
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