"One of the greatest challenges in life is being yourself in a world that’s trying to make you like everyone else".
I found this on a blog today, actually because Ashton Kutcher referenced it on his twitter (yes, there is your window on how interesting my life is right about now [insert long sigh]).
Anyway, I love it because for me, its so true. I am not like anyone else. No, really. I mean, I'm really not like most other people. I look like everyone else and I act like everyone else, but deep down, when you really get to know me, I'm a strange cookie. Just ask Luke :-/ I like that I'm not blindly fitting into a mold that everyone else has made for themselves, but if I'm being honest, it can get a little lonely actually. And pretty confusing sometimes. It can certainly lead to self-doubt as you question why you aren't happy doing the things that other people seem to be so happy doing that you swear you actually see a ray of sunshine streaming from their ass.
Sometimes I find myself (or other people in my life) trying to make my life, my interests, my aspirations match the people that one would claim to be "normal" or "successful". And when I do this, I generally end up feeling like a fish trying to drive a car or something.
Anyway, I have to thank my mama for always making me feel like my weirdness makes me special and that its okay to not take the same path in life as everyone thinks you should.
"You is kind. You is smart. You is important."--The Help
Loveee that movie! This reminds me of my childhood. Mainly because I was so tender-hearted that everyday my mama would have to give me a little pep talk because someone at school hurt my feelings. My, my, how things have changed.
And more recently I have to thank my husband for holding my hand (and sometimes kicking me in the ass) so that I don't get lost in my head where dogs rule the world and colorful things are all it takes to make me happy.
Hence....
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| my new bag. |
We all have our own streaks of weird and our own way of doing things, but I have to remind myself often that just because its the right way for one person, doesn't mean its the right way for me. And I've found that when I find people that comprehend this concept and that understand the fact that everyone doesn't have to wear the same "happy face", it makes me cherish them even more.
