“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken”-Oscar Wilde
This quote means to me exactly what it says “Be yourself”. I know everyone always says it but it’s what the person does with it. I see on a daily basis students at my school claim they are unique or one of a kind. But we all wear the same clothing or have the same shoes. They all follow the new trend; I can honestly say the one people who don’t follow the trend are the “rockers” or the “punk rock” students. I’m not trying to point any fingers because I have also been a follower. I think everyone has been a follower at some point in their life. And when they have their own revelation or epiphany they will become the person they so long desire to be. I have not hit that stage in my life because I haven’t experienced the world on my own.
I think the main problem with the unoriginality rate is the social media. The average person watches 4 hours or more of television, and what mostly makes up all that time are commercials. There is always something new being advertised or a new price deal on something currently released. Bottom line there is many advertisements and they consume the lives of many Americans. How can they expect the public to be “original” or ‘unique” or “spontaneous” if they want them to all purchase the same thing? The cliché saying thrown around a lot is “you are one of a kind” and it is true because obviously a finger print is not identical to anyone else but there is someone who dresses like them or talks likes them. I know not everyone can manufacture their own clothing or shoes to be original but instead of being a follower be a leader. I haven’t hit the leader part but I’ve separated myself from any group that influences me into the unoriginal path. What can be greater than on the last breath of a person life spam being proud of everything accomplished? I know I will proudly embody that one day. Be original, be unique, be spontaneous, be one of a kind be that “there is no one like you” person.
this is a very controversial topic, young adults mostly have this idea that they must fit in. In order to be liked they must be like everyone else. But they are wrong, we must live our own lives. Otherwise we would be living a life that was not meant for us, in the end who we are will be a blur.
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