Individuality

I’ve always been sure of one thing in life – the kind of person I would never ever like to be.

Then came the spaces I would never like to be in, and I avoid people who draw me there.

The next step was the most difficult, but came naturally to me- discovering my core and strengthening it.

It has been a journey full of conflict and roadblocks, but which chiselled me almost to perfection.

I wish I had an easier life – but then I wouldn’t be whatever I am today.

The battle is against mindsets – those different from mine, which try to impose on me.

Perspectives shape the world, and we all see and define situations and objects differently.

I’ve been advised to just change my responses, since I can’t change others.

So, I do. And get labelled as aloof, which I’m certainly  not.

I’m interested in every thought process, and research development around me.

I’m on the defensive. I build a wall around myself.

Sure, it is not an ideal place to be.

But I’m yet to find a better option.

Yet, if I had to live again

I’d live life the same way

because I know no other?

True. But also because

I believe in

values – and

individuality

JSW Prompt 8-26-2019