I have never fit in. That used to bother me when I was a kid, but I don’t care now days.

I struggle daily with fitting in at my workplace. It’s hard because I don’t want to be like my co-workers, I just want to be liked by them. I have never before been in a situation where I am made fun of and felt shunned for being a Christian on a daily basis. Some days are more difficult than others. Sometimes it’s a struggle to follow the right path and not engage in the conversations, behaviors, gossip, etc that I know are wrong because doing the right thing is exactly why I don’t fit in. But God’s got this!

I would think that the majority of people feel like they don’t fit in…kinda funny that we’re all in the same boat…thank goodness for God! Thanks for a good post!

I think the struggle of fitting in is something we each deal with in our own ways. I definitely feel it all of the time. For me it’s kind of being stuck between two worlds – here I am, a German born naturalized citizen that has lived more then half her life in America – and yet, I never quite fit the mold of being an American and when I go “home” I don’t fit in anymore because I’ve become to Americanized to be a true German. And that’s just one area of fitting in… there’s so many others. Being a wife, mom, photographer, etc… I am uniquely me and I’m learning to accept that I’m ok the way i am.

God made each of us to be unique with our own talents/gifts/personalities/strengths/weaknesses, etc. How wonderful is that?

I’ve sometimes thought my parents were determined not to let their children fit into *any* pigeonholes. Apart from the biracial thing, the non-denominationalism, and being born in between most baby-boomers and most of Generation X, both of their first two were born at the other end of the continent from our home, “on the cusp” between sun signs, brought up as nearly bilingual as possible but in different languages… At least all of us could clearly, unequivocally claim to belong to one sex or the other. But we were brought up to break gender stereotypes.

I think most folks would say they felt like they didn’t “fit in” when they were younger, but as we mature, we realize that really doesn’t matter, Being yourself is accepting that God made each one of us uniquely and for a purpose.

Being a stutter & shy growing up I never really fitted in. Of course, it hurt and gave me a low esteem. Thanks to my Heaven Father.and people who believed in me, I started feeling good about who I was. It was not important to me to fit in anymore.