Sunday, May 3, 2009

Uniquely Similar


im not sure about u guys, but for me, i always here stuff like, "U are Unique!" or "everybody is different!" n at times i hear, "everybody is the same" "it is the norm"..so which is it? I kinda looked up for pics that are relevant to uniqueness, most of the pics are quite similar to the pic above..all d things are the same shape, just one thing is a different colour..

Anyway yea, ppl always say stuff like, "oh, this only happens to me" and also like, "oh, u wont get it" and i will admit i use to think that wat i went through is something special, n that noone else can understand what im going through..but now, having grown older, i realize, what i go through, there is bound to be at least another person who has gone through something quite similar..so it should be relatable..also we learn in psychology (mostly developmental psych) that adolescents always think that what they go through is unique, and that they noone will get them..wont go into d explanation to this phenomenon, mostly cuz its quite long, and dont i dont really have the time to go to in depth..so yea, if u want to find out more, just look it up..

the thing is, we are not as unique as we would like to think we are..of course my theory is that we think in such away cuz we want to feel significant..cuz yea, again i think that we have this innate desire to feel as if we matter to the world..and well, society doesnt really help by saying stuff as i said earlier..of course the point of all that is said earlier is to motivate ppl and if u think about it, it is quite manipulative cuz u are telling ppl that they are unique so that they will work harder or whatever..but of course it is not all bad, cuz some ppl do need motivation..but yea, to the extent of covering up the ACTUAL truth? K, before moving on further, the question im asking now is are we REALLY all that unique? to an extent, yes, BUT the problem is that some ppl always think in black and white, n not think along a spectrum..so its either ur unique, or ur not at all..like the pic above, why cant we be unique and be similar at the same time? just in different aspects..

Also the pic below also kinda puts things into perspective a little..being unique just isnt always the best thing to be..so how now?


The Bible states that we are all special in God's eyes..but i dont think that means that we are that different from each other down here on earth..the point is to say that God noes us individually, and we are ALL special to him, not that just because we are different from each other, we are special to God..God doesnt love us less just because we worship in a similar fashion as the person next to us, just make sure that u mean it when u worship..

k, the reason for this post is mostly because i am quite annoyed with the way some ppl think that they are soo special..n yea, sometimes these ppl will say "o, u wont get my problem, cuz ur not me" i mean yea, k, i may not have gone through ur problem, but doesnt mean i wouldnt act the same way as u rite?

haiz, yet another post that feels like im not making sense..got too emotional and that kinda made me not have things to write about..anyway, all said is just my opinions, if i said something wrong, please correct me, or anything..

Cheers..

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