My Story, pt 2–In the Shadows…

(part 1–On the Surface…)

I always thought of myself as an introvert. My Myers-Briggs assessment leaned almost entirely that way.

Crowds exhausted me.
Family gatherings drained me.

I was much more comfortable observing everyone else, remaining in the shadows, just out of view.

I was usually
             runner-up…
       finalist…
             vice-president…
                     rarely in the spotlight…
             slaving away behind the scenes…
                                            …hidden just enough to not get noticed too much.

There was safety–and loneliness–in being invisible.

It was there that I could appear to have it all together.
People usually came to me for advice, asked me for help.
I was the one who could handle it…

(part 3–Unfitting In…)