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Photography by: Emmanuel 'Walker' Shichende In the previous blog post, I asked a question that in my opinion determines a whole lot when it comes to self-knowledge, self-awareness and the impact it can and will eventually have not just on others but on you. If you missed it, kindly check it out here before proceeding. Among my biggest ruins in life, was choosing to blend in with neutral crowds to figure out who I really was. Crowds whose principles and values were far different from my own. In a bid to feed my hunger to belong especially as a pastor’s kid, I easily but foolishly compromised myself and my morals for the people around me. In the process I accommodated wrong friendships that eventually side-tracked me from authentically being me. I did get the acceptance but was never quite satisfied with the person that I had become. There seemed to be some code language that every clique had. The only reason I felt this way, was because the person I thought i...