Where do I belong?
Halfway through my freshman year of high school, I felt like I was all over the place. I didn’t feel like I had any close friends, and the reasons why I had chosen to go to my new school didn’t seem important anymore. I felt really out of place and that maybe my decision to attend this school wasn’t right.
After countless days and nights of feeling sorry for myself and just feeling down all the time, I realized that this wasn’t me. I’ve learned from regularly attending a Christian Science Sunday School that any feelings that pull us away from the peace and joy that we naturally reflect from God as His children are something we can defeat through prayer. These negative thoughts and feelings have no basis, since only thoughts that come from God, divine Love, are real and true and have power.
After countless days and nights of feeling sorry for myself, I realized that this wasn’t me.
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