Written By: Troy Harris
"Individual liberty is individual power, and as the power of a community is a mass compounded of individual powers, the nation which enjoys the most freedom must necessarily be in proportion to its numbers the most powerful nation." -John Quincy Adams
You ever wonder why America is becoming less and less powerful in the world everyday? Or why we can't seem to break this cyclical process of our ignorant tradition? Why are so many of us afraid to be different? Why don't people take pride in their gifts and other things that make them differ from the flock? Why does the "system" teach us to conform at all costs to increase our chances of success? Doesn't this seem wrong?
So the true question is.... Why don't people do anything about it? (
Breaking a habit takes work and most people don't like doing work. Trying to stop or start doing something that you have or haven'y been doing all of your life is difficult, so most people consider society's oppressive nature to be less harming than the difficulties of turning over a new leaf and starting something different and they are content. What we fail to realize is that without conflict, growth cannot and does not exist.
Now, there are a lot of people out there who are aware of this unfortunate predicament we, as Americans, are in. Sadly, the people who want to break away from the norm become discouraged because of the lack of support (family, encouragement, money, etc.) they would receive for their actions (I've fallen victim to this as well).The reality is that the way our society has been constructed, whether right or wrong, can completely dominate our options, opinions, lifestyles, careers, decisions etc. to fit the skewed, lopsided, and clouded version of living what we like to call "The American Dream". So, naturally, when people's ideas don't align with this standard, they get discouraged and often times fall back "in line".
Imagine this:
What if the stigma around "sore thumbs" was altered to that of a more desirable position in society? One that showed what it TRULY meant to find yourself, recognize your individual differences, and fortify them for the utmost benefit. The result would be awesome. There would be so many "sore thumbs" that eventually the regular "thumbs" would feel the need to conform (which is to NOT conform in this case) and things would undoubtedly be better.
At the end of the day, you truly can only control yourself. The central theme of the quote above is that a country's power is directly related to the amount of individuals within that country who aren't afraid to be themselves. Simple enough. It starts with YOU. Start something today. Most people are really just afraid of what they are capable of and it takes a brave someone to affect their environment with individualistic positivity to spark the "snowball effect" of unconformity.
"Dream big. And when you wake up, make it happen."
3 comments:
That was powerful.
this is exactly what we need...now its just a matter of how?
The HOW is easy. If people knew how much of an impact that they would make when they just worried about themselves and followed their passions and dreams that they already have, it would exponentially change the world instantly.
See when one person follows their dreams, it inspires others to follow theirs. . and when people talk about what they BELIEVE, everyone else that believes it will come right behind them and show the love and support.
How is EASY; get right with God and do YOU... whatever that means to you.
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