Quotes and Truth
By Colleen
@CRanney (437)
Wingham, Ontario
November 9, 2015 4:42am CST
Truth is- It doesn’t hurt to be me, it hurts to be who others think I should be, or pray I will be, or dream I will be.
Some of you may know I grew up in the Mennonite/ Amish Religion. I left at the tender age of 14. I'm still unsure how I survived those young years in a world I knew really nothing about.
But I knew I could not be a part of something I did not believe in myself. The very fabric of who we are is ..who we are and trying to change that is painful. I couldn't do it.
Have you tried to change yourself for others to fit in? To our soul its like putting on a pair of shoes that do not fit.
These days I try to be true to myself . I don't always succeed but I try.
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@Bluedoll (16773)
• Canada
9 Nov 15
I'm sure this is not a deep as what you are writing about but I stayed for years in the country side in a little log cabin with ground birds and gardens, wood heat and quiet nights.
When I was reintroduced to the modern city ways I felt like I had landed on another planet. We can not help but change and change according to our past?
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@CRanney (437)
• Wingham, Ontario
9 Nov 15
That would be a big change for sure! I have never lived in a modern city or city for that matter.I'm pretty sure I couldn't handle it. (landing on another planet is a great descriptive!!) and yes sometimes change is inevitable.
You got me thinking...I guess in some cases we can grow into change.
@Bluedoll (16773)
• Canada
9 Nov 15
@CRanney I would like to think of it as adapt.
I remember my first bus ride experience. We stopped at the corner waiting for the light to change and the stop was around the corner just a short distance.. went to the door and asked the driver if I could get off. I didn't know it at the time but they have rules to follow like little robots.
Found it so strange the doors opened but I would get this dirty look like I was a problem for him. The way people behaved was so strange, always in a hurry, angry with life with each other. After a while I too became city like or face standing out as odd. Things like the bus though I changed with understanding the rules!!!
It will be interesting to learn more about your experiences/viewpoints if ever you feel like sharing any or just anything you want to write about.
Found it so strange the doors opened but I would get this dirty look like I was a problem for him. The way people behaved was so strange, always in a hurry, angry with life with each other. After a while I too became city like or face standing out as odd. Things like the bus though I changed with understanding the rules!!!
It will be interesting to learn more about your experiences/viewpoints if ever you feel like sharing any or just anything you want to write about. @CRanney (437)
• Wingham, Ontario
9 Nov 15
@Bluedoll oh boy!! Ya I think if that would me I would have been major panic attack. I road a school bus (you know those yellow ones lol) in high school but a city bus I have not been on yet. Although my youngest daughter who studies at Brock in St Catherines right now rides it all the time and assures me "It's safe" I guess like any place you would get to know familiar faces :) Thanks for sharing your adventure. talk about hard knocked into them though :)
@Missmwngi (12915)
• Nairobi, Kenya
9 Nov 15
That is a positive thing to do in life. Never stress yourself for others to fit in. If they cannot when you are yourself,let them be
@GardenGerty (160612)
• United States
9 Nov 15
Lately I have felt like I have lost the real me and now I am working on getting back there. I think I have always tried to be the person that was expected.
@CRanney (437)
• Wingham, Ontario
9 Nov 15
@GardenGerty I was and still am that way but with each step you take to be the real you it does get easier and easier. It's a great adventure and I wish you all the best of it.
@BelleStarr (61102)
• United States
9 Nov 15
One of the beauties of getting older is I can really just be me. Yes of course when I was young I tried to be who my other thought I should be, oops that didn't go so well lol Now I am honest with myself and consequently everyone else. Much easier.
@CRanney (437)
• Wingham, Ontario
9 Nov 15
@BelleStarr I was too when I was younger. In fact i recall eating a serving of turnip at my new bf house and pretending to like it because he liked it. I took it a little far sometimes when I was younger but now that I am older..I almost can't.
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@Auntylou (4264)
• Oxford, England
9 Nov 15
I often wonder what it must be like to have been brought up by strict religious parents. I know some Jehova's Witnesses who have had terrible trouble with their children who did not like being made to be so different from their contempories
@Juliaacv (51045)
• Canada
9 Nov 15
I have to be myself, true to myself. For me its something that I have become, as a result of having things, including religious practises, forced upon me. I did not have the courage at the young age that you did to do anything about it, it wasn't until about 10 years later that I was able to realize where I fit into that picture.
