The Weight of the World

We live in a world of people, and we get affected by people too. We get bothered by other's opinions of us, we dress to suit the occasion, we behave to match the society's expectation of us. To put it simply, we want people to like us.

But have you felt tired about being part of a society before? Where is the "ME" in you? Are you doing what YOU want to do all the time? Because we live in a world where a person's action will affect others, we can't live our lives solely based on what we want to do. That's what we call "being considerate".

To live life accomodating to everyone is tiring. We get lost in the attempt to please and to conform and we become unhappy. However, most of us still choose to try to conform. Because being a non-conformist is even more difficult - we are not unable to shut ourselves away the scrutinizing eyes of other people.

But are the non-conformists happier? Because afterall, they are doing what their hearts desire. Being too bothered about what others think about us will only make us upset. How many times are you upset about a rumor about you? Or an workmate who misunderstood you? Or a close one who does not support your decision?

The non-conformists are strong enough to not be bothered about what others think and to do what they want to do. They choose to throw away the weight of the world and be true to themselves. While the rest of us attempt, in our furtile efforts, to carry the weight of the world, the non-conformist floats happily in the weightless realm of the universe.