A Wonderful Average

by Emily (follow)

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It’s okay to be average. It’s okay to want the same things other people want. It’s okay to dress the same way, or be interested in the same things.



In our society we place an enormous emphasis on being an individual. We prize, even revere, the unique and quirky and original. Perhaps this is a reaction to the plasticised mass-production of the modern age? Perhaps it is simply a sign of a growing population of a Western meritocracy – the thinking that anyone can be a Someone? Perhaps it’s mass media, showing us the lives of the rich and famous, urging us to set ourselves apart.

To me, when early youth faded a bit of realism took its place. And with it, a lot of acceptance. Maybe I’m not going to be the Prime Minister, maybe I won’t write a series of bestselling novels. And I’m totally okay with that.

Those who love us will always think we are wonderful. Those who matter to us will always think we shine. Why do we try so hard to prove something to the rest of the world? As the saying goes, “we spend money we don’t have, on things we don’t need, to impress people we don’t know”

I think it’s time to inject a measure of self-acceptance into our lives, and know that it’s okay to live a normal life. A life that might be mediocre to many, but beautiful to those who matter.



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