I never had larger circles since my childhood and fewer people had played a role and influence my space and behavior. I everything I did and engaged in I did it with my twin sister although we had different preference when it came to things we love, people we liked being around and overall our personalities were somewhat very different. This was the person I spent all my childhood with, the one person I ever felt connected to just before I could go out and actually experience that outdoors.
I am an A-social type of person and making connection can sometimes become my biggest challenge of all times, yet we live through networks and to be connected to each other we need to create relations that can sometimes helps us grow both emotionally and physically. There is a childhood friend I still have even today, helped me navigate my sense of belonging and connectedness to the outside world, that she made it seem to beautiful and amazing experience.
Coming to a diversified space such as the university has made me learn and interact in so many different relations with different people, regardless of race and gender. I learnt of creation of bond and the importance of having relations with other people, this significantly changed my perspective of otherness and I saw people’s relations as one big bonded families, that I was ecstatic to be part of. Every friends I make in campus plays a unique role and contribution to my network of connectness, brings about a realization of being a part of something good and big since I spent most of my childhood and teenage time in a closed box and by avoided being around people by every means, which however deprived me from being a part of a network of people that could have help me connect to the world.
I now have a friend whom I hang out with, study along with and have lunch with during our break time. She provides a sense of belongness and being a part of relations. I can confidently shine and belong now, without being afraid of rejection and criticism and I can now understand that we are one big family of different people, race structure, personality and being yet we are able to coexist and share companion with each other.
Kinship is a very important network of people that share a bond and connect with one another, I now cherish every present person I come across, every people I share a space with, every person I communicate with due to the different connections that can play a role in one’s growth, maturity and connectness to the world. These connections does not only involves people in your surrounding but a society at large. This include institutions’ like school, work etc. Kindship has provided me with the experience of being a part of something, a part of a community that share experiences pf life, love and pleasure among one another. I now believe in a society that also believes in me.