Thursday, October 8, 2009

March on to Your Crazy Tune

I can't speak for anyone else, but for me there always seems to be a divide between the individual (me) and the society. I'm not talking about ideals. Ideals are by their definition are unrealistic; they're perfect. I'm talking about the actual expectations, actions, feelings of culture, all those things and more rolled into one. A lot of them are created by majorities (even majorities of minorities) and I'd be lying if there wasn't a very distinct stark line between what that culture expects before it offers rewards of success and what I'm willing to give it. I imagine this type of thing is generic enough to be applied to a lot of people and situations. It doesn't answer really answer those feelings though. No one really wants to be an outsider, but if compromising to fit to society is impossible, then you have to find your own stride. That's a message that's as old as children's stories but something that a lot of so called adults forget: March on... to your own crazy tune.

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