Somewhere along the way, life has convinced us to be afraid of being different. Being “normal” is the surest way to belong. But the truth is that the people who make a difference in the world are not normal. They are never normal. They are weird.
What is called “weird” is usually a version of you that exists without any fear. But how many times have we stopped that weird part of ourselves? How many times have we tortured ourselves to silence that part of ourselves?
Every advancement in any field that has ever existed has been because of a human willingness to look at something differently. Da Vinci dissected corpses to understand what was inside. It was taboo in his time. Tesla dreamed of infinite, wireless energy in a world that barely understood electricity. And there are many other examples of anonymous dreamers believing in things that made other people roll their eyes and say, “This guy is crazy.”
In a world that’s trying to tell you what’s right, stick to what you think is right. It’s your choice to walk your own path.
The world doesn’t need more copies. If your mind is different, let it be different. If your ideas make people doubt your brain, shout your ideas.