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You Belong Here
The positivity of this statement is tremendous. You belong here.
You might know your life’s purpose. Or you might not. Either way — you belong here.
I know a lot of people who struggle with questions big and small. They search for meaning, try to understand why they exist, the impact they have on the world, and more. Questing to understand life is good — it helps us to grow and learn. But whatever you find along the way, you belong here.
I get how that seems like a lie. A large portion of my life has been spent not belonging, not fitting in, feeling like and being an outsider. Despite that experience — I have always known that I belong, here, alive and experiencing all that the world has to offer me.
It’s not always easy, and sometimes you wonder if your purpose here is to suffer. Or worse, to be a bad example for others so they don’t fuck it up in the same way. But no matter what you are going through, you ARE here — and you belong.
That’s a good thing — because YOU are a good thing. You may not believe it — it may seem like a lie — but it’s the truth. There is worth and value that you, and you alone, bring to the world and the places literal and figurative that you occupy.
