If I live to prove that I am not who they want me to be, then I am not living as I could be; I do not want to live as a revolutionary in a constant state of defiance unless it is for a greater good, neither do I wish to exploit their weakness for my own gain; I do not want to live as a reactionary but instead as a vision of what I could be; for though they too are a part of this world and it is this world in which my body exists it is my mind instead that lives apart, uncolored by bitterness or the need to prove anything to anyone; I know my worth and I choose to live as a free spirit that only considers the possibilities of itself and to fly like a bird upon the wind instead of blowing with it like the dust from which we came.
Dec 13, 2016
Dec 13, 2016 at 9:29 AM UTC
If I live to prove that I am not who they want me to be, then I am not living as I could be; I do not want to live as a revolutionary in a constant state of defiance unless it is for a greater good, neither do I wish to exploit their weakness for my own gain; I do not want to live as a reactionary but instead as a vision of what I could be; for though they too are a part of this world and it is this world in which my body exists it is my mind instead that lives apart, uncolored by bitterness or the need to prove anything to anyone; I know my worth and I choose to live as a free spirit that only considers the possibilities of itself and to fly like a bird upon the wind instead of blowing with it like the dust from which we came.
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