Friday, July 22, 2011

Go Boldly into Friday and Strut Your Stuff......

Stereotype me as "fabulous" if you must.....
taken from a line a saw on a t-shirt


I see it happening everywhere and I myself have be guilty of actually participating in it---you know what I'm talking about don't you---you know---trying to be like everybody else.
Something about peer pressure seems to invite us to hide who we really are.  We dress up in the latest fashion trend, change our hairstyle, buy the latest electronic gadget or car or "thing"--
all in hopes
that somebody
somewhere
will see us
and
think
we
are cool.

I was born a creative strange child.
I have always had an inquisitive mind and I've really never been afraid to ask the questions everyone else wants to know but thinks it is too uncool to ask.
I love to read, like tie dye fashion accessories.
The electrons of music synapsing takes my spirit to a whole new plain.
Many over the years has simply stated:
"She's weird"
For the longest time...
I felt ashamed of who i was...
I tried to hide my "differentness" or else I would flaunt it too flamboyantly--as in a you just watch me fashion.

Reflection on my life now brings me to the point where
I am finally comfortable in my own skin--
yes I am still very different
yes I still ask the questions that are hard and yes
it still rubs folks the wrong way---I'm just okay with that these days.
My honesty is hard to hear at times and my passion...
omg...
what trouble it can get me into....
but
I am who I am
that isn't going to change...
so
I am learning
more and more everyday
to
allow that wonderful color
to come to the surface...
the funny thing is...
seems folks are attracted to
those of us who
can stand amongst the penguins ...all lined up looking alike
and
strut our stuff...
stand pretty in pink on one leg.

I can promise
it is a hell of alot easier
living into who I am rather than
trying to
cram myself into the mold created for another.

So on this Friday...
fluff up your uniquest feathers...
spike up your hair in front...
stick a feather or two right in the center....
and
go ahead...
strut your stuff....
and
let the world
crave what you've got.

Remember---
We are fabulous...
so strut boldly little grasshopper!

Happy Friday and i don't know about you but...

TGIF

hugs.

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4 Comments:

At July 22, 2011 at 9:24 AM , Blogger Sherri said...

i have always been called "weirdo" or "freak".... for as long as i can remember....

as a child into my middle school years this really bothered me...i felt an outcast...and i guess i was...even to my family...

then something changed... around my sophomore or junior year i realized that i just didn't care... i enjoyed alone time, i'm not a joiner to this day...

as an adult i struggled for many years again with this... then finally in my mid 30's i began to realize that "normal" people were envious of me in some way... so be it... and then i started meeting people who were "intrigued" or fascinated by me...

of course they would be around until that fascination dwindled...until they thought they had me "figured out"... then they disappeared... whatever...

i am me... i don't think i'm all that different... my ol man thinks i am... my family thinks i am... but they have learned to accept me for who i am and have finally stopped trying to change me...

i am me... nothing more, nothing less....

 
At July 23, 2011 at 7:45 AM , Blogger Sandi said...

Oh my...I may have found a soul sister!!!

 
At July 23, 2011 at 9:44 AM , Blogger Me said...

Mom always taught us not to be followers and never to care what others thought. It's the best gift she gave me growing up and I passed it on to my own kids. Hence, we do as we want, what makes us happy, dress for ourselves, decorate for ourselves, and do things we enjoy. Mom calls people sheep, and it's so true. Peer pressure was never an issue in my family.

I'm glad you got to the point where you are you and it doesn't matter who doesn't like it. Good for you. And who defines weird anyway. Maybe they are all weird.

 
At July 24, 2011 at 8:17 PM , Blogger pleemiller said...

love that there are other pink flamingos in the world. have a great week and thanks for stopping by..

 

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