“I didn’t belong as a kid, and that always bothered me. If only I’d known that one day my differentness would be an asset, then my early life would have been much easier.”
―Bette Midler
How has something that made you not belong turned out to be an asset?
I was a “good student”. Both home and school encouraged me in this respect; following this, of course, made me seem different than some of the other students. However, thinking right now of the insatiable curiosity I have to keep learning new things as a result gives me much joy in my life.