Dare to be different, but don’t dare to be different. It’s like that these days… Everyone wants to be the same kind of different. We’re all trying to achieve this certain mentality according to societal standards which is the first step to self-destruction. Imitation truly is suicide, as Emerson once said. It’s ironic because you have so many people trying to emulate the same character, yet aren’t even the least bit sure of who they are as an individual. Most of the time people can’t even begin to grasp the concept of individuality let alone find themselves, but our biggest fear is not being ideal. We seek validation from society, so that means Facebook, Instagram, Twitter etc. You don’t even realize that you’ve just thought, “Hey, let me let everyone know what i’m doing.” But if you did, im sure you’d begin to estimate the impact of Instagram and Twitter.
Society tells you to buy this and look this way and to have this and to want that, and it’s executed so successfully that we don’t even realize we’re conformists. I’ve been told that i’m both weird and boring because I deleted my social networks, but that’s not the point. The point is if more people started doing it, it wouldn’t be either of those things, because the masses carry more weight than just me alone. That’s natural, yet terrifying. Every being has a distinct set of circumstances compared to the next person. And we all can’t be the same type of different. Period.  Mental integrity is very uncommon these days. And it’s never something you’re just born with, and isn’t something everyone gets.