There is an innate desire in all human beings of acceptance. No matter how hard we try, we can’t help but give up our individual thoughts and agree with what everyone else believes in order to seek acceptance. This acceptance, however, comes at a price. The society is stringent with its norms and standards. If you deviate, you become a peculiar, bizarre person who must be isolated for having unpopular opinions. Therefore, it becomes necessary to adhere to inane principles. You aren’t allowed to question the prevailing beliefs, but instead expected to follow them like the army of ants following its leaders.

Due to predefined set of ethos, many repress their feelings and deprive the world of voice that deserve to be heard. Moreover, they aren’t allowed to explore their potential as they do not know who they truly they are. That definition has been provided to them by the society. That is the reason of failures at solving various problems existing in the world today, people aren’t allowed to creatively construct solutions by thinking out of the box.

It’s easier to do what everyone else does. Like other animals, humans too enjoy the perks of moving in herds. When a path has already been laid out for you, why even bother trying to look for a novel way? Why to take ‘the road less traveled by’?

Its because everyone on the planet is different in so many ways and they all have their own prospectives when they look at the world. These distinct voices are the ones that make life, as we know it, possible.

Acceptance of being different and of the difference of other enhances life. It is our actual evolution as species; whereas intolerance can only lead to regression.

You sacrifice your precious and priceless and individuality when you are compelled to be like everyone else. We’re as individual as our fingerprints. The simple truth is we are different, like everyone else.

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