Main Entry: displaced person
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: individual forced to leave his or her native country or home; To move or shift from the usual place or position, especially to force to leave a homeland, i. e. millions of refugees who were displaced by the war.
Synonyms: DP, D.P., exile, expatriate, man without a country, persona non grata, stateless person, unacceptable person, undesirable,aimless, confused, cool, discontinuous, disordered, displaced, disunited, divided, far out, fitful, fuzzy, inchoate, incoherent, incohesive, irrational, loose, muddled, rambling, separated, spaced out, spacey, spasmodic, split, unattached, unconnected, unorganized
and the list goes on to about 14 other more entries for the word displaced. and yes, mari, i could figure it out.
a good friend of mine said that i could do whatever the hell i like with my life so long that i am happy. that whether i choose to move back in with darth, or if i run around in circles moving from one house to another, or if i shift from one job to next, or if i choose to slit my throat... it's fine. so long as i would be happy.
am i happy? some days, i am. do i choose to be unhappy some days? no. but if you are living in a roach and rat infested tiny house with no company but your books and a small radio, you would definitely feel a little blue. when you get to thinking about what you had then (which was a lot) and what you have now (which is very little), i'm sure you'd feel a little sad about about the way things turned out. why do i choose to live in squalid little house? because i have pride. i do not want to bother anyone for any more help and a little squalid house is all i can afford now, so it's what i'm going to have to settle for and live in.
everything in life is a choice. how true. that's exactly what neo said: "the problem is choice." i am now in the midst of choosing between what i want, what i am getting and what i am willing to settle for. now, do i really have a choice?
what i want most is to be able to stand on my own two feet without having to rely on anybody because what i hate most is asking anybody for help. i don't like owing anyone anything. what i am getting right now is help from the person who hurt me the most and from a few friends i consider as family. right now, i don't want their help but i am settling with seeking their assistance because i don't have any other way to survive but to take what is freely offered.
a lot of people will disagree when i say i have not lost my self-respect. but it was my self-respect that carried me along from breaking it off with him to making tiny steps to move on. if i didn't love and respect myself, i would have killed myself four months ago. if i didn't love and respect myself, i would have been conveniently living in his house while i am still out of a job, regardless of the fact that he supposedly loves someone else. why did i take him back? because i believe that someone you have given your everything to is worth giving a second chance.
we all have one life to live. one heaven or one hell. am i living my life the way Bathala sees fit? let's see: i engage in pre-marital sex; i have a dirty mind and a dirtier mouth; i smoke a lot; i drink a lot;i forget to keep in touch with my friends and family; and the list of my sins go on. i know i make Bathala cringe but i also know that somehow, someway, i make Him proud. I'm sure that when He sees me, He shrugs and says:"there goes cecille, ever so strong, just keeping the stride despite all the burden. there she goes loving everyone, passionately and unconditionally."
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misplaced
adj 1: put in the wrong place or position; "She was penalized for a spelling mistake or a misplaced accent" 2: lost temporarily; as especially put in an unaccustomed or forgotten place; "the mislaid hat turned up eventually"; "misplaced tickets" [syn: mislaid]
i am no longer displaced. just misplaced. and i am working bit by bit to regain my rightful place. anyone can come and judge me, make fun or talk about what happened to me. but please... before you pass judgment, before you say anything, make sure you have gone thru what i have gone thru: no job, no house, no family, no boyfriend, no money. and then... go fish and figure.
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