Different
The definitions of different I like are: distinct, unusual and special. We are all unique. Like fingerprints, no two exactly alike. The conflict as it appears to me is between the desire to belong and the longing to be authentic, to express our true self. Accomplishing this harmony within creates successful social harmony without.
I like being different. I like being special. I am pretty comfortable most of the time being unusual. I accept being who I am. But I never stop working to grow, to mature.
I like this quote from the remarkably diverse talent, Johnny Depp.
“If there’s any message to my work, it is ultimately that it’s OK to be different, that it’s good to be different, that we should question ourselves before we pass judgment on someone who looks different, behaves different, talks different, is a different color.”
This week I invite you to celebrate your different self.