It really was a long week. Even my parents agree with me.

"Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round heads in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They’re not fond of rules and they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify them, or vilify them. But the only thing you can’t do is ignore them. Because they change things. They push the human race forward. And some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do."

— Jack Kerouac (via quote-book)

I love that quote! What do you think?

Is it so bad to be different from anybody else?

I’m not really a troublemaker or rebel (in my family, yes)… I’m not too fond of rules but I usually follow them to be on the safe side (& there’s also MY rules – which I sometimes disobey). Anyway. I’m not really someone you’ll meet for the first time and say ‘unique’. Maybe ‘weird’, ‘arrogant’ or ‘snobbish’… but not ‘unique’. To me, when you say something or someone is ‘unique’ it means they are weird (or any other negative attributes) but you accept that side of them. ^_^

I’m unique. Everyone’s unique. But how much unique is that?

Is common, unique? Is ‘following the flow’, unique?

I love to think of myself as ‘unique’. By thinking that way, I won’t dislike myself too much. But there are times I will ask myself these questions : Is it worth it? What will I miss?… If the usual way works, why not follow that path? Why choose a new path or make a new path that you don’t even know if it works? Why is it so important to be different? Will someone care? Why would they care?

Did you know that it’s not that easy to stay unique? Staying unique is to stay being yourself. There will be times where your unique-ness bring bad, unfavourable consequences and you’re tempted to return to the safe path. I'd been there (and I’m sure I’ll face more in the future). If it works smoothly after you return to the safe path, then it’s okay. But what happens if that path makes things worst? The last time I was in such situation, I became lost. I didn’t know how to continue. I couldn’t ask those who travelled on the safe path to tell me what to do. They won’t understand. So…  it’s back to square one. Being your unique self again.

Should’ve stick to that from the start even though things go wrong.

So many questions…