Dare to Be Different

Be You

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Do you want to be one of the sheep? One of the ones who follow every rule. Or do you want to live on the edge? Get some excitement out of life? What fun is it to follow every rule? Doesn’t it feel good to do something bad once in a while? Go outside your little box you hide yourself in. Make a difference. Maybe not to the world, but in your own little world.

To be straight as an arrow has to be boring. Live a little, get out into the world and make your own mark. Who cares what people think. If they don’t like it they don’t have to look. Don’t be afraid of the naysayers. Those who will put you down just for your beliefs. They aren’t anyone you would be friends with anyway. So who cares what they think.

Go For It

You say you don’t love your job. I say get a different one. Why be stuck at a job you hate. Going in day after day and not wanting to be there. What a disappointment. Go do something you love. You will be astonished at the difference that makes in your life. 

Are you going to be a scaredy cat for your entire life? Too afraid to take a chance. Too afraid of what people will think of you. Do these people really matter in the big scheme of things? In reality they are possibly in awe of you. You have the audacity to do things they only dream about doing because they are stuck in the rut, the drag you down drudgery of everyday life. 

Can you have a discussion with someone and disagree? Or do you go along with whatever they are saying because you cannot stand confrontation? Yes, I agree with you, but deep down inside your thinking this person is crazy. But you are too shy to actually tell them your feelings.

Don't Be a Doormat

Nobody loves a doormat. Every single one of us loves a challenge. A chance to outperform or outdo someone else. In the nicest way possible. Or maybe in a snarky way. Dig down deep inside yourself. Pluck out that other half of you who is just waiting for a change. 

Going through your entire life just existing is no fun. Be bold, be loud, make your voice heard. Maybe people won’t like what you are saying, but they will hear you.

Don’t stand in the background blending in like the vanilla pudding you are. Toss some blueberries in and turn yourself around. 

Maybe you would like to go off the grid. You are tired of the world, tired of people and their idiotic choices. I say go for it. If that's what makes you happy, do it. Turn off your social media, smash all your tv’s. Get rid of your phone. If someone wants to get a hold of you they will have to visit you. Live off the land. Give back to the earth that gave to you. Learn to love yourself.

Being the same as everyone else is redundant. No fun, and totally unsatisfying. A carbon copy of no one. Or everyone. Who needs it, or wants it? 

Let's Dance

We all dance to our own tune. Some of us with a fluid motion, others who jerk and twist their way through life. Who says one way is right and the other is wrong? Live for yourself. Stand up for yourself. Don’t take anyone's garbage and call it your own. Don’t be a parody. A dumbed down version of yourself. Do not try to be a people pleaser. It will not work. You cannot please everyone and will burn yourself out trying to. Accept the fact that some people will not like you. Nothing you can do about it. Above all, keep a smile on your face. Not all the time we don’t want anyone calling you crazy. Smiling causes less lines than a frown. I’ve seen people who frown all the time. They come to you in your dreams. Or more like a nightmare. Don’t be a sad faced clown, but don’t be a crazed lunatic either. There is a fine line. You don’t want to wind up in a straight jacket at a facility with bars on the windows. Cuckoo.

Last but not least don’t be a carbon copy of someone else, a paper mache doll. Lay out your faults and your strengths. Live by your rule. No one else's. 

You only go through this life once. Why oh why would you want to be like everyone else?

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Be yourself. Be beautiful. Leave your stamp on this world.

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