WHAT DOES BEING
DIFFERENT MEAN?
Being different means:- Not being
afraid to challenge the norm.- Being willing to take a chance.- Asking why.-
Making your own track, not just following the well trodden path.- Charting your
own course and destiny.- Being the person that you were meant to be.
I believe that everyone is born
unique. But through the years we work very hard to be like everyone else. We
conform to society’s so-called “common-sense.” Unfortunately it is just that –
“common sense.” That does not mean its “good sense.”
THE FOLLY OF EDUCATION.
If
I were to take just the people in this room, it is likely that most of you have
spent anything from 15 to 20 years getting an education so you can get the jobs
you have. Doesn’t it strike you as irresponsible that one can spend so much
time getting an education and yet so many people don’t make any deliberate
effort to develop their greatest asset – themselves!
Most
people think once they have a qualification that’s it. They have arrived. Is it
any wonder they don’t grow? They are stagnant. Stuck at 18!
Most
of us won’t even read unless there’s an exam in sight. But you know what?
Everyday of your life is an exam. Everyday you either pass or fail the test of
life. Everyday is an opportunity to grow beyond your present barriers and
circumstances. Everyday is a chance to become a better person.
The
saddest part is most of people don’t realize this. If they had to be graded at
the end of their lives you know what they’d get? D, D and more D’s. And yet
they thought they were doing very well. They let society’s “common sense” grade
them.
MY ADVICE?
If I can leave you with one piece of
advice it would be this: READ
Society celebrates mediocrity so
much that it does not take much to set yourself above the rest. Doing that one
thing regularly will put you way above the rest. Read books that challenge you
and that make you think.
I have decided to read at least one
book every month. I’m already amazed at the results.
MY FINAL WORDS
In closing I’d like to say to
those of you that are skeptics out there, those of you that are saying “oh, he
is just drink with the omnipotence of youth. He’ll get over it, and then he’ll
be just like everyone else.”
My words to you are:
“I
ain’t going out like that. I know that I have an abundance of potential within
me and I will bring it out to fruition. Why?”
“Because…I’M
DIFFERENT!”