Don't Fake It 'Till You Fit In, Make It 'Till You Stand Out

"You're weird." "You dress funny." "I don't like your hair like that." "Don't wear that ever again."

At one point in time I would have wanted to crawl into a hole if someone would have said those comments to me. I would have wanted to change who I was so I could "fit in" or "be normal" like everybody else. Now, those comments make me want to be myself even more. God didn't make me to look or act like everybody else. We aren't robots, we are all unique and should embrace our "weirdness."

There will always be people that make comments on how you look or dress, but in most cases, those are the ones who envy your courage the most. Wishing they could just embrace their own style instead of looking like they are wearing a uniform because they match everyone else.

For me, I came to the realization one day and thought, "If I want to put feathers in my hair, I will. If I want to wear gladiator sandals, I will. If I'm obsessed with fringe and want to have 20 fringe purses, I will. If I want to wear a deer antler as a necklace, I will. If I want to look like a 'hippie' one day then a 'prep' the next and then maybe a 'tom boy' the next, I will." Because that is who I am.

I'm not a part of any label. I am in my own separate category. We are all in our own category. Our own "weird" category.

I will define who I am and who I am going to be. I refuse to let anyone define me or tell me what I should wear or how I should act.

I'm not going to fake it 'till I fit in. I don't want to be anyone but myself. And if I stand out, then so be it.

So you can call me anything your heart desires, but I assure you that you won't call me "normal."