Identity

Typically, I find that there are three sorts of people

1. Those that go with the "trend"

2. Those that go against the trend just for the sake of going against it

3. Those that don't want to be a part of either in order to be "different"

I have often found myself in the 3rd category. Not wanting to follow the crowd... nor the "anti-crowd", if you will.

Then it got me thinking

Can someone who tries to base their identity off of being "different" ever really feel like they really belong? I mean, yea you'll be like the shiny new toy in a crowd of yesterday's news and that crowd will "ooo" and "ahh" for a little while, but the separation is still there, because you're "different."

Yea, I don't know if that made sense or not. Oh well

I followed this trail of thought for a while, and it led me to a new thought

For the most part, people want to be accepted and feel like they're similar to everyone else around them. However, there's also a very prominent need to feel different, or as Barney put it "special."

So how is one ever satisfied? We want to be part of the crowd and be well liked, but then we feel like we lose our identity.

Or on the flipside, we stay unique, but feel like an outcast.

So what do we as people really want?

No wonder life is so complicated....

Steff