THINGS
CHANGE
Be
grateful for each new day. A new day that you have never lived before.
Twenty-four new, fresh, unexplored hours to use usefully and profitably. We can
waste, ignore, or use it. Life will be richer or poorer by the way we use
today. Finish every day and be done with it. You have done what you could; some
blunders and absurdities no doubt came in; forget them as soon as you can.
Tomorrow is a new day; you shall begin it patiently.
Being different means: - Not being
afraid to challenge the normal. - Being willing to take a chance.- Asking why.-
Making your own track, not just following the well trodden path.- Charting your
own course and destiny.- Being the person that you were meant to be.
I believe that everyone is born
unique. But through the years we work very hard to be like everyone else. We
conform to society’s so-called “common-sense.” Unfortunately it is just that "
“common sense.” That does not mean its “good sense.”
It
all starts out amazing. You're in your room, staring at your new clothes, your
new haircut, you're new you. You think, ‘Yeah. This is it.’ You can't help but
feel amazing about this new different style you’ve come up with. You’re going
to be different, refreshed. And you’re going to love it. In fact, you do love
it…
But the second you
step out of your room, that cocoon of safety you’ve created for yourself, it
all falls apart. Insecurity settles deep in your gut as you put the new you
together for school or work. What will people think? You question yourself, how
will they react? Your actions slow down, seemingly, you're no longer excited
for people to see the new, different you. And as you continue thinking about
what will happen in the course of the day, as more and more people see you, you
freeze. Looking into your own eyes in the mirror, you become scared. Scared of
the words that will be tossed across tables during lunch, scared of the looks
they’ll give you. Why are you so scared of what other people think? People
whose opinions should mean so little to you, yet make such a huge impact on the
decisions you make in your life. Why are you afraid of meaningless words?
Because society
likes to set a stereotype that they refuse to let change. Or is it the fact
that everything you do, it seems to be wrong? From your family’s outlook on you,
to the people that surround you, an impression is set. It seems as if your
opinions no longer matters. What your parents dislike, you feel ashamed to
wear. What your friends and fellow peers dislike, you fear wearing because you
may lose them. Is there no safety in being you? On a daily basis we struggle to
be ourselves!
Have you ever
regretted changing your clothes in the morning, from the outfit you were so
happy about buying, into the raggedy old clothes you’ve owned for a few years,
just to avoid the looks people would give you for changing? Have you ever felt
the need to be somebody else to feel like you belong? Have you ever been the
person to hide in the corners of a class, to avoid stares and laughter that may
or may not be appointed to you? Have you ever been scared to be different? I
have. I’ve been terrified to walk out of my house, to face the people that I
see on a daily basis. Scared to do my hair differently, because when I first
changed it people laughed at me and told me I looked stupid. For some reason,
words just stick in our heads; words that hurt us never leave.
People always tell
us, “It’s okay to be who you are,” or, “Never change for anybody. No matter
what,” ever notice how the very people who say that to us, are the very people
who end up causing our insecurities? The people who tell us that we should be
who we are, are the same people who sneer at us when we wear something they
don't like, the same people who laugh behind our backs when we do something
they didn't want us to do, the exact same people who tell us who we are is
wrong. Wrong. Wrong. Wrong!
Why can't we be
right, just once? Who cares if we’re different? Who cares if our hair is short
when it should be long, who cares if instead of wearing those pants that
resemble a parachute, we were the pants that are skin tight on our legs? Who
cares that we enjoy music that blares in our ears, rather than the soft flows
of the music other people enjoy? Who cares! We should be allowed to be who we
are! Whenever and wherever! When we leave our rooms, we shouldn’t be subjected
to the looks that people, family and friends, and anybody gives us! When we
step outside that safety zone we’ve created for ourselves, we should realize
that we don't, in fact, need it! We should be allowed to be happy as we are.
Why can't we say to ourselves, “I am who I am?” And feel proud about that fact?
I
stand here proudly, as a graceful dancer who did not have an ideal life. I was
different, I had different dreams…and most importantly I was told that I would
never end up being anything I imagined. I remember sitting in a corner thinking
that when I grow up and hopefully become someone people would look up to,
someone who will inspire others, I will look at my childhood and I’ll laugh at
my childhood and say THINGS CHANGE…
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