This is for the freaks

Like I said in an early blog post, Everyone wants to feel wanted. It's just a natural and basic desire that we all have. We all want to be a part of a community, we all want to be a part of a group.

The trouble comes when we want this community or group so badly that we are willing to change who we are to be a part of something that we aren't. While being a part of the group is alluring and acceptance is often yearned for, if we aren't a part of the right group or community, it isn't very beneficial.

We join a group in which we don't fit and we expend so much time and energy trying to fit in and be something that we're not. Why not take that time and energy finding the place where we do fit in, a community where we DON'T have to try to be something that we're not. While the search may be a little bit more tiring, I guarantee you that once you find them, it will be a lot easier.

We've been taught to try and follow the norm and to be normal, but have you every noticed how much it weird you out when people are "normal" or "perfect"? Maybe it's just me, but when people are too normal, I wonder what they are hiding or I think they are just plain old boring. I don't see what's so great about normal, why would I want and actively strive to be like everyone else? I believe we were all born to stand out. What's more, if we spend LESS time trying to be like everyone else, we have more time to be ourselves and to do something that actually matters; we have more time to cultivate our "weirdness" and put it to use and create something great.

THIS IS YOUR LIFE, live it the way you see fit. Who cares if people think you're weird or a freak, at the end of the day it's what you wanted. Acting the way that gets you most widely accepted may get you accepted, but it's only acting. When you find a group of people who love you when you don't have to act, THAT is happiness. You don't want to have to find a way to fit in the norm, you want to find a norm that fits with who you are.

So stop trying to be what you aren't and figure out why your weirdness makes you more kick-ass than the "normal" person. To all my freaks and weirdos out there, I love y'all, let's find our people and make things happen in our world!