I Never Thought It Was Possible

My entire life, I always felt alone; I never fit in no matter where I was, who I was with, or how hard I tried to change myself in order to be like everyone else.

It was as if I just wasn't capable of being like those around me; and if I couldn't be like them, how was I ever going to be loved by them?

I was always searching, searching for the people I could call my own, the ones who I didn't have to be anything other than me in order to belong.

I didn't believe it was possible for me to have those people, I truly believed I was destined to walk this Earth alone, feeling empty and completely alone.

But I did meet them; they came in one by one, and then by the group-load.

They finally came when I finally started being who I truly was, and stopped trying to be what I thought others wanted and needed me to be.

I was me, and for the first time in my life, being me was enough, it was loved and celebrated and cherished.

For the first time I was valued and what I said mattered.

I never believed it was possible for me; until it was.