Follow the flock?

Or.

Be the black sheep?

Follow the crowd?

Or.

Be the misfit?

The choice is yours.

Life is undoubtedly easier if keep your head down, say nothing and just keep working on fitting in. And there’s absolutely nothing wrong with that.

But, if you want be unique then by definition you have to be different.

You can’t be a pawn and be the king or queen.

At some point you will have to make a decision. And then you’ll have to commit to the decision.

And there will be a price to pay for your decision.

The price will be in the form of an emotional toll on your mind. You see, the allure, the gravitational pull of the crowd is incredibly powerful.

Every day you will be asked either by others or even your own self some form of the following questions.

Are you sure you want to do that?

Why do you think you’re different?

Wouldn’t it just be so much easier if you do what everyone else is doing?

And you’ll continuously have to answer these questions.

Being the one that wants to be different, the misfit, the oddball, is easy to say but extremely difficult to do. Difficult, but not impossible.

The great thing is that to follow or not follow the crowd is a choice you get to make many times throughout your life. And as long you’re being true to yourself about the kind of person you want to be then ultimately it doesn’t really matter if there’s a crowd or no crowd.

You be you and let them be them.

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