There is an overwhelming pressure to be as is expected, and not as a stranger to the surrounding community. We are taught not to show off, to quietly succeed in averageness, and to live together as equals. This is what is great about our society, for we lift those of less fortune up, but this is also what holds back the gifted and the willing, for they are not allowed to shine.
Live as you wish, think big, and your ideas will be fought at every turn, your ideals questioned, your way of life illuminated, so that the world can see where it casts it's shadows, and judge you for your insolence.
One who shines must cast shadow onto others, that is the idea we swear to, might it be subconsciously for most or not. Our ideal is to communally shine, but the idea undermines the ideal, as we so often fail to behold a group as a community rather than a group of individuals. We see not a joint effort to make it, we see personal goals for personal gain, and so we judge their success as a marking of our lack there of.
One who is high on life and shines his light of well being onto others does not cast a single shade. The sun is not the reason for nightfall, and it is not the reason for darkness. The sun does but one thing, and that is to keep it's fire lit. When a gloomy day is getting at you, you don't blame the sun. One who's got a fire in him should not have to guard it from those afraid of the coldness of their own life. The ones doing this shading are the ones doing the blaming. This blame game is getting old, and I'm tired of being made to feel like I owe someone an apology for getting on with my life. We don't owe each other nothing but respect, and last time I checked, that included approval of different ways of life.
Having each other's back, should not include holding each other back.
Luke Chueh - Swarm
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