Acting like we are who we are is not easy.
We live in a world where society constantly let us know how
we should be, how we should act, how we should look and how we should feel. All
those who do not fit into those parameters are considered weird and are
automatically treated as if there was something wrong with them.
From the moment that we are born we are taught that being
different is wrong and we are encouraged to be like everybody else, to fit in.
The moment we perceive ourselves as different, we live in
fear of others finding this out and we dedicate a great amount of time to do
things so that others accept us.
Teens get drunk, smoke and do drugs just to be part of a
group, just to be “cool”, a word used to describe a person that has all the
attributes that society approves.
Adults follow the steps of the ones before them but
sometimes not because they want to but because that is “the right thing to do”.
Society has taught us that if you do not have a career, if you do not get
married or have kids then you are wasting your life. And please, don’t think I
am criticizing wanting to study, learning or wanting to spend the rest of your
life with the person that you love beside you. If I did, I would be doing the
same thing that I so strongly believe we should avoid: JUDGING
Doing what we feel like doing, Speaking our mind and heart
out, Listening to the music that we like, dressing up to be comfortable not to
be admired or accepted, all of that comes with a price. Being free is not for
free. When we start caring more about what we think rather than what others
think of us, we pay a price in the form of a label. It could be loner, weird,
nerd, dumb, smartass, slut (If you happen to have friends that are not girls), gay
(sometimes just because you are nice and have good manners), you name it.
There are millions of labels for people that decide to be
just the way they are. Being free is being willing to accept that label, to
embrace it and to redefine it for ourselves with its true meaning without
expecting others to approve it.
