In the past few years I been exposed to the idea of what it truly means to be different to all those around you. While I have realised this in both a negative and positive aspect, I do understand that these differences are the one of the most fundamental aspects of each one of us as humans. These differences are what define us. Each little peculiarity combine together to create an individuality that brands itself into you. Every person has their own little quirks and these are what stop humanity feeling like one mass of normalcy; and this is a good thing.
However, these differences are not always celebrated.
This is clear in our society, how some races are faced with unjust discrimination or how people are judged for their choice of partner. It can be seen through the way women are viewed as inferior to men in some cultures and also through the way that certain traits are deemed "unfit".
While those topics are rather serious and could be spoken about in great detail, there are also smaller ideas that can fit into this category.
Such as the idea of a particular book being extraordinary for yourself but considered boring in the eyes of those around you.
Even the different fashion styles in out society reflect this idea.
But I won't go on about that.
In regards to myself, I was a very different person a few years ago. I was an awkward, shy and know-it-all nerd whose personality clashed with those who were of "importance" to my peers. As a result I was out casted from these people and as dramatic as that does sound, it is what I was faced with. I was ridiculed for my differences and as a result I withdrew further into myself and became lost in the chasm that is isolation. I did not know how to act around people or how to make friends. I only ever came across as an anti-social fat girl and I never knew how to make people see who I actually was.
But then I found people who accepted these things
I am still an awkward, shy, know-it-all nerd but I am no longer that isolated child.
By accepting who I was, these amazing people that I am proud to call friends have helped relive me of the burden of being lost in myself. In accepting me they have helped me accept myself.
That sounded rather dramatic
I can't find the words to explain the feeling of having something that once outcasted you become the very thing that makes other people laugh. Having those quirks that once subjected you to ridicule turn in something that people love you for.
Differences are what make us all unique as individuals. As frustrated as we get when another person can't stand that one particular song that you absolutely love, or hates that one particualr book that you think the world of or feels indifferent to that one particualr movie that changed your life, these are the factors that result in the singularity of each one of us as humans.
And yet we as people feel that we are mundane and ordinary!
The statement "I am just ordinary" is actually impossible! What is ordinary? If we all have our own individual thoughts, feelings, preferences, ideas and passions then how is it even possible for something to be ordinary? Even aspect of who you are contributes to one personal brand that is completely unique to who you are as an individual.
No matter how mundane you might find yourself, just remember that there is only one of you in this world and I think that is pretty unique.
