Appropriate or just Fake?
I realize each culture has developed a certain set of things that we don’t consider appropriate to do in public. Many of these are based on common moral values consistent within most societies. Others are considered appropriate among a smaller group, perhaps a nation, a global region, a religion, or an even smaller set of people bound by a common affiliation or tradition.
The point is appropriate behavior varies greatly from one group to another.
Ok, most of us have a belief system that we use to dictate our choices in life and how we feel about others and their actions. Our belief system is largely comprised within the boundaries set by appropriateness with the group where we function.
The separation between our groups is easily defined by these variations. They become the markers of our cultures, religions, and of all such groups. Indeed, these divisions are the lines that form the groups.
So, the groups are perpetuated by the very things they teach. Without the tradition, the group ceases to exist. Without the group, the tradition ceases to exist. A culture is the epitome of a self sustaining cycle.
Yes, we are as exact a copy as our group could make us.
What then of the individual? I mean, the deepest color blue, that you were born to be, seems altogether dark gray as expressed through the filter of your group. How do we strike a balance that propels our unique qualities to the greatness of their potential without pressing the boundaries of our group toward annihilation?
Well, we can’t. The developing structure of a group, indeed the reason we have more than one group, is the stretching and extremes that are inherent when blue shines forth as the bluest blue it can be. We call these people among us, leaders.
Let me pose this to you. Are you being gray or blue? To be plain, are you fake? To what degree do you color yourself for social acceptance?
I’m fully aware that the eccentric aren’t often followed as leaders. You can’t be extremely blue in a gray society without developing some blue-gray along the way. That is to say: you have to build a bridge from gray to blue for anyone to see it in a gray world. There are no leaders when no one follows.
The challenge is to shine. Broadcast your own kind of weird to the world so they can understand it and grow. Maybe I should have said, “your own kind of unique” instead of weird. But, it sure makes it blue. Doesn’t it?
Regards.
