The Misfits
Do you constantly feel like nobody "gets" you? Like you’re an alien in a world of perfectly normal human beings? Like you’re judged for believing so deeply in what you do? Yeah, count me in. The older I get, the more abnormal I feel. When I was younger I was able to just go with the flow. Accept the norm. Believe what I was told. But as the years go by, I find myself questioning more, searching for deeper answers, trying desperately to make sense of everything I’ve been fed in my life. And whenever one challenges the norm, that one becomes a misfit. I feel it most in my spiritual life. There are times I really feel like I don’t belong where I am. I know that God has put me where I am for a purpose. But there are days when I grow weary of getting "that look" from another believer. It’s a multi-purpose look. It says "What in the world are you talking about?", "In no way are you right", and "Seriously, you’re weird" all at the same time. I