Being different.
By josejyothis
@josejyothis (55)
India
May 26, 2010 6:14am CST
We humans are not much different from animals. We are born at some time, grow up ,degenrate and then decompose just like animals or any other living organism.
Being just like any one else is boring. You have to leave your mark on this world before you pass away and for that you have to tread a different path. This is what I thought when I was a boy.
Now that I am grown up and old I realise that it was a foolish desire because that is not possible to achieve. A path is already drawn for each one by an invisible hand and that is why we rarely become what we want to be in life.
I am sure that everyone would like to be remembered by posterity. It is a vain hope. No one has time to think of others and much less to think of the dead.Who remembers the name of his great grand father!
Some great men influenced the course of history as well as human thinking in a remarakabe manner. Yet how often do we think of them! Not much ,we have so many other things to attend to which are much dearer to us.
Be content with what you are and be at peace with what you are.Make yourself as comfortable as is necessary and forget the rest until you sleep.....
2 responses
@med889 (5941)
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1 Jun 10
I believe that we can make a difference when we will really be trying to understand what we can do for others, it is a best way to be different is to show love to others, to be selfless and if we fail to do so then what we are similar to animals in a way.
@tomitomi (5429)
• Singapore
27 May 10
It's OK to be contented with what you are and be at peace with what you are. Make yourself as comfortable as is necessary and forget the rest until you sleep..... You have nicely put them up.
But the beauty of the human spirit is best expressed as being different. Being different is normally seen in what you do than anything else. Being different doesn't mean you have to lead a different life although it may mean leading an extraordinary life. There are lots of ordinary people who lead extraordinary lives. History has proven them and history is still in the making. These are great men and women whose names have lived and have yet to live far longer than their physical selves. Most, if not all, were/are great inventors of inventions we have lived with and have taken for granted. Without them this world would be far from exciting and interesting, fun and enjoyable to live in.
But let us remember too the way we have come so far to reach today and of what we are now. It may not be as a simple ride. For most of us it has been a rough ride. Having tided those rough times in itself is, to me, being different.
