Society has always had this way of defining the people that are a part of it. It seems like a kind of wave that goes through everyone's way, and people jump onto it for some reason only they know. We try to look at the course of history, and we see that the people's interests in a certain generation somehow fall into one single category(if not two). They choose things which are popular, things which they can have a fun and easy time with, and things that allow them to blend into the society and be accepted by it. Yet, in the midst of all these, what most people do not recognize, is that they are flowing into a current that will lead them to destroy the very essence of being human - our uniqueness.
Let us first recognize that man, by nature, is a social being. It requires both interaction and involvement among other humans in order for it to develop to its higher capabilities. But as we look at the world today, one that comprises more than 6 billion people, one can look around and see for himself the stereotype that people indifferently choose to follow. It's as if they are impervious to the fact that each has its own mind, its own thought. Somehow poeple would just be lazy enough to sit back and follow the person right in front, not even knowing where that person is heading. It's as if most people are content with living all-similar lives, a life where one only does what someone else already has. Sure, once or twice some sudden thought invades our train of thought and allows us to deliver a more original concept. But then again, most of the time we are only improving what was already there, and simply putting into light what majority were just too blind to see. Honestly, when can you seriously say that an original idea was one that seriously lived up to its meaning, devoid of all doubt and having no strings attached?
Some of you might say that this post is nothing but a tribute, simply because most of the time, society dictates the only possibilities that we can choose. Society is there to be the medium and and to be guide that facilitates us into becoming a better person for the good of all society. Yet, is it not obvious enough that the ones who really deliver a change in the world are the ones that choose to opt out of the norms and follow their own paths? If people were to just follow one path, the path that the majority dictates, then life would become the dullest thing since broken records were invented. No room for growth would ever be possible, and we would be living in a non-progressive, stagnant world where today would not be any different from yesterday or even tomorrow. However, thanks to a select few, we have a world that moves forward with each day that passes. And it is to them that we should take off our hats to, regardless of who they are or where they come from. It is to them that I hold the highest regard for.
Just because we are all human, doesn't mean we're all the same. The one thing that makes us similar is the one thing that sets us all apart - uniqueness.
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some men just want to watch the world burn.
