Embrace Your Culture, Regardless If You Grew Into It Or Were Born Into It
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Embrace Your Culture, Regardless If You Grew Into It Or Were Born Into It

Embracing the "lone-wolf" within yourself.

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Embrace Your Culture, Regardless If You Grew Into It Or Were Born Into It
Deborah Galvin

Alone in a world where it's seen as an advantage to be an extrovert. But the thing is, I am an extrovert, but I'm an extrovert with all the "wrong people."

Let me get one thing clear: "wrong people" does not mean rude, or evil, but rather, people who I believe cannot relate to those same interests in which I have come to love.

I have become a "lone-wolf" who seeks those like-minded.

Living in a country where you believe those around are your "wrong people" has not come to be easy. My endless search for those like-minded seems as if it's never-ending. But, why do I look for others who live and breathe Mexico when I was born here? In reality, it makes more sense to relate to those of the American Culture rather than, the Mexican culture. Although I find myself relating to and seeking Mexicans who in fact, live, breathe, and embrace their culture.

Without these like-minded by my side, the world seems smaller, and less approachable.

No matter your race, no matter your ethnicity, you are allowed to seek those who bring characteristics, in which you find charming, or appealing to the table. You are allowed to be your own person, whether it be embracing cultures in which you were born into or cultures in which you were grown into, despite what others may communicate about you.

I now think of it as being alone, in a world where it's seen as an advantage to be all-knowing about what you want. Alone, everyone is seeking like-minded people.

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