Where do misfits go

Have you ever felt like you don’t belong anywhere?

Like everyone around you seems to understand the rules of world except you.

You try to fit in.

You try to act normal.

But it is not you.

If you ever felt like a misfit then this story is for you.

First, let me tell u why I don’t fit in society’s standards.

I am a brown skinned girl. People have called me kaali. And that’s when I realized the first rule society silently sets for women: she should be fair.

It’s strange how society often cares more about women’s appearance than her talent, her dreams, or the person she truly is.

It is common to see a groom who is darker than the bride. But it is surprisingly rare to see a bride who is darker than the groom.

Because society doesn’t care about men’s appearance compared to women’s.

People also loved giving me free advice.

“Use that product.”

“This will make your skin fair.”

For a long time, I believed them. I used those products thinking maybe, just maybe, if my skin became fair, people would finally accept me.

But nothing changed, my skin tone remained exactly the same.

Now when I look back at it, I laugh a little. How could I ever change my skin tone?

This is who I am.

This is my skin.

This is my identity.

For a long time, I thought being a misfit meant something was wrong with me.

That maybe I don’t belong anywhere.

The problem was never that I didn’t fit in.

The problem was that society already had a very narrow idea of who we should be-how we should look, how we should behave, and what we should become.

And if you don’t match that picture, you are called a misfit.

But maybe being a misfit is not such a bad thing.

Maybe it simply means you are brave enough to be yourself in a world that constantly tries to change you.

so if you ever feel like you don’t belong remember this:

You are not alone.

You don’t have to spend your life trying to fit into a place where you were never meant to belong.

Sometimes the bravest thing you can do is simply accept yourself-exactly as you are.