I have never felt like I belonged.  Ever since I was young, I have felt a little different from everyone my age. I did not like the same thing my peers liked and I was usually happiest spending time with my grandma. Towards the end of high school and the first few years of college, I really did not like to party like a lot of my peers.  I liked the simpler things in life– traveling, spending a quiet night with my friends, going out to nice restaurant, and reading every book I could get my hands on. I had been through a lot more in my short twenty some years than most people do in a lifetime. Older people always said “she is wise beyond her years” and “she was born thirty.” Nonetheless, I always felt out of place.
A few years ago I came across a poet, Rupi Kaur, Â whose words stopped me in my tracks. I had never felt more understood. It felt as though this person looked inside my mind and allowed words to flow out of her that I could never put down on paper. For the first time, I felt understood, welcomed, and not alone. Rupi Kaur has spoken to my soul. I was able to see her read her amazing poetry this past Monday at The Chicago Theater and was even more taken aback than when I sat in the comfort of my own home. I have added a few of my favorite quotes that have spoken to me and I hope they speak to you too.
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If you haven’t already, read both her books Milk and Honey and The Sun and Her Flowers. They are provocative, gut wrenching, and so relatable. Her words saved me. I hope they do the same for you.
You can find her books here:Â https://www.amazon.com/Rupi-Kaur-Milk-honey-Flowers/dp/B077N7X1TV/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1538709930&sr=8-4&keywords=rupi+kaur
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