I've been hearing a lot lately about people thinking and believing that they just don't fit in anywhere. They don't really belong, don't really feel comfortable, and don't feel at home even in their own skin.

I'm used to being a misfit so I don't really give much thought to being different. I blend in pretty well no matter where I am or where I go. No matter who I am having to deal with or what I am having to do, I usually just force a fit.

The puzzle is the same most places. There are the edges that we build so that we can contain something. There are the corners that we mold everything around so that there is symmetry. We start with the picture on the box. We stare at it, figure out the easiest place to start, separate the colors, define the shapes, then off we go hunting for the right pieces to complete the scene.

I am sure we have all done the jigsaw puzzles. The older we got the harder they got with less color, less definition and smaller pieces. Some of us gave up when it took too long to find the right shape. We walked away only to be drawn back to "finish" it. And I bet there isn't one of us that didn't try to jam a puzzle piece into a space that it simply didn't belong in. Maybe we even bent it, tore it or tried to reshape it to fit. In the end, the only piece that fit is the original piece cut out by the machine that manufactured it.

I've tried to refigure myself many times: to what people wanted, to what I thought I wanted, to please society, to keep God's wrath from sending me to hell, and yes-to please a woman.

Didn't work. Not then, not now, not ever. I am who I am. Made by the Divine Spirit and in likeness to the Divine Being. No one else can take my space. No one else can fill the gap. No one can define my borders. No one can build my cornerstones.

	There is Divine Order to everything in life.  Exactly where
	you are at any given time in life is exactly where you should
	be according to the Divine unfolding of your consciousness
	and life.                           Iyanla Vanzant

You are a part of the Divine Puzzle. Without you in your rightful spot, the picture just isn't complete.