where olive belongs.
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“Want to know the truth about belonging?
It takes courage to belong.
It takes bravery to show up in your own skin.
It’s easy to fit in.
It’s easy to blend in and hide your outrageousness.
And it’s also the easiest way to lose the precious parts of you.
You deserve to be seen. You deserve to be heard.
You deserve to be known for the real deal that you are.
Stop taking the easy way out. Stop trying to fit in.
The best place in life is where you’re already okay.
Come home to you.
It’s where you belong.”
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I didn't have my glasses on.... 
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I found this song and video interesting, I think it’s being yourself…….
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thank, Ivor –
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That’s nearly too deep for me right now. I’m on an ‘easy floating’ trip 😉
Also don’t see Olive’s reference but maybe you can explain? In any case, it’s very true and as it happens, I just had a similar discussion with Hero Husband (referencing to childhood experiences and ‘forming’). So maybe I just ‘had’ my deep moments for today…..
Anyway, we’re off to my brother’s annual ‘family do’ – all four children plus our mum and our partners (but not our combined lot of children, grandies, cats and whatnot) gather at his house for a sumptous afternoon/eve/near night with food, a RACLETTE, and all that goes with it and preceeds/follows.
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How wonderful. Thanks live just happened to be sitting nearby the ‘Christmas animals’ and she sat nearby by didn’t fit in perfectly and it made me think of this poem
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Such profound thoughts.
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I loved them
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They are great.
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I loved this , poetry is such a useful tool to say the hard stuff X I love your blog
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It is wonderful for delivering a message- thank you
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I think this is what we are learning on our journey through life: knowing who we are in order to arrive where we belong…
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I couldn’t agree more, erika
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Yes. Yes Olive does, Beth.
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she does, indeed, mark.
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It seems like these are the words I needed to read today. Thank you for sharing this quote.
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I’m so glad and you are very welcome.
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Olive is gorgeous. Such a beauty. Excellent post…cats are always just who they are. 🙂
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they are not bothered with fuss of trying to fit in. I noticed this when she sat near the christmas animals but kept her distance and didn’t try to fit her way in.
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Ahh…the real deal rises once more. Thanks.
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yes –
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oLIVE the life you love! ♡´･ᴗ･`♡
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thanks!
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Pretty kitty! That’s Olive?
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indeed it is)
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Love this! Home is indeed the place to be!
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thanks, John and right!
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This poem is a feeling to absorb, and exist in Beth.
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It is, Colleen
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omigod I love this….I believe and live this credo to the max and always have and am often very lonely…but this is truth unvarnished and the only way to live!
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I so agree, susie
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and I LIKE many of the responses but my LIKING ability is screwed up for some reason? ah, well?
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No worries)
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Olive looks right at home on that chair!
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She does )
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ty –
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This is great Beth! I agree, fitting in come with a price! One the other hand being yourself does as well.
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you have to decide which is more comfortable to you –
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I think this relates to the saying “With age comes wisdom!”
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yes, and acceptance of self
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I love this. I’ve never fit in and didn’t have time to care. I have a niece that is struggling with it though so I may send this to her. It’s perfect. Happy New Year, Beth.
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I’m glad it meant something to you, and I hope it helps your niece in some small way –
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