"I Have No Place to Belong" — On Sunday Morning, How to Protect Yourself Even If You Have No Place in the Outside World
【Genre】Discipline
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Sunday morning.
When you open the curtains, you can hear the laughter and conversations of families somewhere.
People walking outside seem like they all have a “place where they belong.”
But when you’re in your own room, for some reason, your chest feels unsettled.
“Is this really my place?”
Does this kind of feeling ever come to you?
Even though you can hear other people’s laughter outside, you can’t feel “it’s okay for me to be here” in your own room.
It’s as if you alone are floating, belonging nowhere.
This feeling of “having no place to belong” is something quite a lot of people carry in modern society.
Especially for women, because we often suppress ourselves or play roles in “the family,” “the workplace,” and “friendships,” this feeling can become even stronger for many of us.
Even if you have a physical home, there may be nowhere your heart can truly rest.
When that state continues, the question “Am I allowed to exist here?” gradually grows bigger.
The philosopher Michel Foucault left behind the concept of “heterotopia (a different space).”
This refers to a special space that is different from ordinary everyday spaces.
Even if there is no place in the outside world where you can truly feel “this is my place,” we can create such a special space inside ourselves.
For example, a corner of your room where no one disturbs you.
The time you spend listening to your favorite music and zoning out.
Writing a diary that you show to no one.
Simply gazing out the window and thinking about nothing.
Gradually creating “an inner space that no one can invade.”
This is not laziness or running away.
Rather, it may be a quiet form of resistance and self-defense to keep yourself alive in this society.
It’s okay if you don’t have a place in the outside world.
First, carefully create a small inner space where you can think “this is my place.”
I believe this is the first step toward gently treating yourself on a Sunday morning.
Akira's One-Person Discipline affirms from the heart those of you who feel “I have no place to belong,” and who choose to create a quiet sanctuary inside yourselves precisely because you don’t seek it outside.
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