Querencia
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In Spanish, "querencia" describes a place where one feels safe, a place from which one's strength of character is drawn, a place where one feels at home. It comes from the verb "quere", which means to desire, to want.
I don't like to go in depth, I don't like having to explain myself, or act like I'm someone I'm not. But I've been doing the latter for a long time, so long I've forgotten what I was like before. Then again, maybe I'm not acting, maybe this is just who I am now. I don't know if that's for the better or not. I'll like to think it is.
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