Follow the flock?

Or.

Be the black sheep?

Follow the crowd?

Or.

Be the misfit?

The choice is yours.

Life is undoubtedly more straightforward if you 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 to be unique, then by definition, you have to be different.

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 take an emotional toll on your mind. You see, the allure, the gravitational pull of the crowd, is incredibly powerful.

You will be asked some form of the following questions every day, either by others or even by yourself.

Are you sure you want to do that?

Why do you think you’re different?

Wouldn’t it be so much easier if you did what everyone else does?

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 you get to make the choice to follow or not follow the crowd many times throughout your life. As long as 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.

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