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To The Girl Who Feels Like She Doesn't Belong

You are not an outcast, you are set apart.

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To The Girl Who Feels Like She Doesn't Belong
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First of all, I just want to tell you that I know the feeling. And sister, it's not always easy.

If you clicked on this link, I assume that you know what I mean when I say that I just constantly feel like I don't belong. I can feel welcome at a place, but there is part of me that just doesn't quite feel like I belong.

You may know the feeling. The one where you want to foster friendships that fuel connection. But it seems like no matter how hard you try, you cannot get past this invisible barrier to make those soul connections. And it doesn't matter how much the people around you try to make you feel welcome. It has nothing to do with them, but everything to do with you.

Somehow, you got to this place where you just don't fully belong in one place. Pieces of you belong in places all over the map, but still, you feel there is not one single place where all of who you are belongs.

If what I said sounds familiar to you, you know how those harder days feel and you how there are days when your soul longs for a place to fully belong. I have felt this longing since I was a small child. I know it all too well, and you may too.

But sister, I want to take a second and speak to your sweet soul.

While I know that it can be hard and that it hurts your soul a little bit at times, but there is a small beauty in this that is often missed. Not feeling like you belong in one place causes you to move from place to place at different times allows a small part of your sweet soul to be dispersed among several different places. Touching the lives of others just when they need it. You are speaking a truth that people don't want to hear.

So the next time you are feeling like you don't belong, remember those little truths I mentioned above. You are not an outcast, you are set apart.

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