She has learned to be "proud of being different." But she adds, " It isn't easy! It's lonely until you realize that you have inner resources that those of the herd mentality cannot enjoy. That's where the mind learns the freedom to think of things, and where early lessons of tenacity, pure bullheadedness, can make a difference. Most people prefer to be accepted. I learned not to be."
Elemental_Shapeshifter · Thu Jan 13, 2005 @ 01:42am · 1 Comments |