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Are you okay with being adopted?

Jye Smith in Brazil - South America

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It’s hard to find a place where you belong

What I DID learn from my own mistakes was that it’s hard owning yourself. It’s hard being responsible for your own actions, your own health and the impact you make on others. It’s hard to find a place where you belong and difficult to commit to relationships with others who are also struggling to do the same. In the process we often confuse power with love without realising they diametrically opposed. We hurt others or are hurt by them as we wheel from one experience to another – and slowly (if we are lucky) we accumulate a sobering wisdom, or are drawn in upon ourselves, falling into depression, or loneliness or an abundant narcissism.

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A site for people adopted from Colombia and around the world. I’m inviting you all to share your story. Send your stories, questions and thoughts to jye@adoptedfromcolombia.com