Be Controversially You

There has been several songs over my past playlists that work into this, but I think that it is time to say this, again.  It is very unfortunate that we have adopted a mentality that says that others need to approve of your way of thinking and feeling.  This was not something that used to be accepted, even for conservatives or liberals.  Yet, both have adopted the mindset that to be truly YOU and to live YOUR PURPOSE is to say what others should be like.

The really irritating part of this for anyone that has studied history is that this is NOT a new or evolved way of thinking.  It is the same old packaged mentality that has been passed down for hundreds of years... probably, honestly, as defense mechanisms in our genes to which many of us are just puppets.  However, let us take a few moments to consider it, objectively.

Would even you want your life to be decided by public discourse?   Would you like to be feeling that you and your lifestyle choices must be approved by a public of which you don't even agree with most of the time?  Who gave ANYONE else the authority to decide what is best for YOU in your life?

Many people will not understand, which is sad, but who you choose to be is not dependent upon the decisions of other people.  You are the only one responsible for your happiness.  If you ever faced unhappiness, you cannot blame anyone else without including YOU that made those choices, as well.  As for me, I applaud my interest and courage to try, even if it didn't work out to be the right choice.  That was not a failure.  It was a success in determining what does not work.

So, this short blog is only to say this.... be you.  Be absolutely and completely what you like and what you were made to be.  The world needs that, even if that same world will try to change you. Strike your true note, and be the happy person that you want to be, living the life that makes you happy.  Don't worry about those that cannot understand that.  Odds are that they don't like themselves, either.  Just be the amazing you that you are, and look forward and not back.