One of a Kind

A lot of times I feel like I'm clueless, innocent, and naive. But last night, I discovered, that's good, through one conversation. I was talking to one of my new friends that sometimes I feel dumb because I don't always get what people are talking about. I've never gone to American public schools, so when around those who have, a lot zooms right over my head. But he said something that really impacted me.

Something like: Just because you don't know what everybody else knows doesn't make you stupid or anything, you just know different things. I mean, you speak Spanish, you've been to China. You know stuff most people don't know! It's way cooler to know stuff that no one else knows and have no idea about stuff considered normal than to know things that everybody else knows. I would rather know cool stuff that other people don't know than stuff everybody knows any day!

So, you know what? I'm never going to fit in, but I don't want to anymore! Accepted, yes, that would be nice. But I want to be different, stand out, in a good way. I don't want to be just another person in the back round. I want to make a difference, and how can a "normal" person that doesn't do anything to be different, make a difference? How can you make a difference without being different? I'd rather be different and make a difference than be normal and eventually forgotten. Another wasted life that was content to go with the crowd, and not say or do anything to make her different. Why be ordinary when you could be extraordinary? I will never fit in, because there's no one else quite like me, and I'm good with that now.  I'm one of a kind, and guess what? That's a good thing. :)