I Accept People As They Are

I accept people as they are...doesn't mean I have to like their actions.

I'm currently staying with family who I see about 2 times a year. I love them. I truly do. But more and more I feel myself drifting further from the pack, which is a little alarming for me as I already feel separated from the rest of my family who are local to me.

I have always felt different, and being the middle child in a very large family I am, in a sense like an island. Siblings are paired up above and below me, but I stand alone.

This trip I have see a lot of things that make me feel uncomfortable. Attitudes, values, behaviours. I realise it's me that's changing, but I can't ignore how further adrift I feel.

I accept my family in all their conservative restraints, but I am extremely saddened when I see people hating/rejecting/judging what they don't understand.

I pray to God to keep my eyes open, to continue to embrace diversity and to practice inclusion...and to love all, including what I don't understand.