The importance of originality

I know that I am late with my post, and, I will justify it but  not just yet, today I want to talk to all of you about you.

When I said 'you', what did you picture yourself as? Did you think you look like some girl from your class or did yo think you are as smart as the topper of you class? Did those people even come to your mind? I guess not. So why is it that you find yourself comparing your amazing originality to them in any social situation?

I know right now, you are possibly thinking that this is one of those articles that tells you to not compare yourself to others or to love yourself but, it isn't. And I don't plan to make it sound like those articles. I am asking yourself to compare yourself. Compare yourself to that kid who sits alone in the class or the one who is surrounded by a million friends and is still lonely, compare yourself to such people if that is what helps you understand your self worth. 

I want you to get up every morning and examine yourself in the mirror. I want you to look at your eyes and if you are not happy with their hazel color or their brown, then  want you to picture yourself with blue eyes (if that is what you want) and try to picture them turn the breathtaking golden in the sunlight, would they like they do now? I am sure not. I want you to smile at your reflection, not sulk at it. I want you to look at your hair and for once hope it wasn't blonde or brunette, but the color that it is. The color that makes you, you. That gives you your own identity. 

I want you to stop thinking about all those people who you want to look like, and think of what you look like, the same you your family loves and will love even if you dye your hair purple the next day. You don't have to walk like the popular girl or have the same hair as her. You don't have to have the same way of talking, or the same accent because then, what is the difference between her and you? I mean other than the fact that she is an original and you are a copy. 

Why is it that you are trying so hard to look so beautiful? Is it because you want to look good for yourself or is it that you crave attention? Ask yourself this. Does the red lipstick make you look good or are you simply wearing it because the boy you like had a girlfriend who wore that color? I hope it is not the latter. I will be very honest and admit it to all of you, that I honestly used to care a lot about what people think about me. I was not half as lucky as all of you and did not have a good blog article that told me to stop bothering about public opinion and I was merely taught by this teacher I like to call experience. 

And it was only a few days ago that I decided that I am leaving behind public opinion. That I will truly find myself, not by going to some pilgrimage to the Himalayas and chanting but by doing this really simple exercise that includes public opinion. I asked all my friends to describe me in three adjectives and list three things they like and three things that they don't like about me. Honestly, it was to know what others think about me, but as people started replying I noticed that most of the answers, I could not even relate to. There was this one particular answer that caught my eye it said "Who cares?" And this is when I realized that yes, it should not matter, I have to be me, my three adjectives matter not the people who will probably not even be in my life after the next ten years.

I have tried being a lot of different people, tried following in the footsteps,I have followed people blindly like a sheep in order to just "fit in" only to find that there is no particular way to fit in other than being you. Being an original.

I don't know how this may have motivated you but nevertheless I just hope it made you understand your worth. To end let me just quote the internet and say that "An original is worth more than a copy."