" Why fit in when you were born to stand out " - Dr. Seuss
More times than not people tend to put their best face forward to new people. We want the world to believe we are approachable, we want them to like us from the beginning, they call it making a good first impression. In reality we do what we believe people want us to in order to fit in with the crowd. We don't voice our true feelings making curtain we know where everyone else stands on a certain subject before we are allowing others to past judgment on our true selves.
I am not one of these people, what makes me unique, and stand out from other people is that I have never let anyone tell me who I am, or who I can be. You more than likely have never met anyone like me. I speak my mind even if my opinion is not the popular ideas of the day. In this world of untitled youth that need the world to notice them for the just being alive. My experiences and contributions to this world are earned, I lived through each and every one of them. I wish that this was true for everyone else too. Perhaps people call them mistakes, I call life lessons, to learn from. If I had to go back and do it all again, I would like to say I would do it the same. Why are we so afraid to be ourselves?? I have noticed that people present a version of themselves that they feel would be better liked by the public.
A few years ago, My baby Girl Neva discovered You Tube. She like many young kids, followed a girl named Jojo Siwa. This girl had Merch, everywhere. I didn't even know at the time what she was famous for. All I knew was my daughter wanted to watch her channel, and begged for anything with this girls face plastered on it. She tells me one day, she wants to be famous like Jojo Siwa. I told her "How about you be like Neva Soliel instead. "She was about four years old at the time and had no idea what being "her " really meant. As the years pass by and my baby girl gets older, and much more knowledgeable I notice that she becomes more of her own person with Parts of Wesley and I just kind of emphasizing her personality.
These days she is thinking about starting her own Youtube Channel and JoJo Siwa is in her rearview as she emerges into Neva Soliel Ray. The Person she has always been destined to be from the start. One of a kind and Unique which Ironically was the first thing my husband said to me when we first met. " You will never meet another person like me " and true to his word I have not. I hope my daughter is the same way. I have been afraid that someone would say something to her that would change her perspective about herself, and how she sees the world as a whole. I love her imagination, her individual point of view, and her empathy for others.
Dr. Seuss,'s books had such a unique spin on literature that people question if it was nonsense he was writing or lessons for children and grownups alike, to ponder and reflect on. His writing was for many of us our first, chance to step outside of what was considered normal and have fun learning. He is one of the Authors who has been banned in some institutions of education for not conforming to a certain standard, as well using words that at the time they were written and published, were common.
We have to many instances now a days when we are told, what is alright or politically Correct to say out loud. I understand that we should be courteous to each other but when someone tells you that you can not read something because it isn't on an approved reading list, you should probably ask yourself, what could possibly be in that book that they don't want you to know. Look closer we have to make sure the wool is not blocking our view, and we have all the information that is available to us.
