Daily Jots

Thought of the Day:
“Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else’s opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.”
Oscar Wilde

Thinking Outside of the Box:

With six billion people on the planet, it is hard, at times, to think about what it is to be an individual. That’s a lot of people. No two alike they say – well, twins are similar and certainly alike in the DNA department, but their own experiences shape a different personality. So bottom line: Everyone is an individual and there never was before, or will be again, anyone like you.

That’s a big thing. But its a really big thing when we diss off our own individuality. We become like The Borg, just part of a collective hive all operating together. We arent even aware we are doing it. We see it in teenagers and talk about peer pressure but adults are just as guilty of it. It isn’t about keeping up with the “Joneses,” but it’s about being politically correct, having acceptable thoughts and lifestyles and fitting in.

Where does that leave the individual? Perhaps he or she only comes out at night when the blinds are pulled against the world. It is safe to be eccentric then. Eccentric? Too strong of a word? Not really, because now society views anything that falls outside of the narrow road of normal, as being eccentric.

That’s a shame. Theres a lot of wonderful individual and creative people out there that are too afraid to think their own thoughts and do their own actions. So they do other peoples thoughts and actions. We mimic. And that’s not good. The world is full of diversity and color and is interesting because of people who aren’t afraid to be individuals. Forget the cookie cutter personality – open the blinds, be eccentric. That IS good.

Some Last Thoughts:

“… spend all your time waiting
for that second chance
for a break that would make it okay
there’s always one reason
to feel not good enough
and it’s hard at the end of the day.”
Sarah McLachlan

“Oh think twice, it’s another day for
You and me in paradise
Oh think twice, it’s just another day for you,
You and me in paradise.”
Phil Collins

“It is better to do thine own duty, however lacking in merit, than to do that of another, even though efficiently. It is better to die doing one’s own duty, for to do the duty of another is fraught with danger.”
Gita Bhagavad

“I am,” I said
To no one there
An no one heard at all
Not even the chair
“I am,” I cried
“I am,” said I
And I am lost, and I can’t even say why
Leavin’ me lonely still.”
Neil Diamond

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