Not another brick in The Wall.

[ebony_nivory]

If you are someone who didn't conform to being a part of The Wall, By this I don't mean you chose to be different and accomplished great things to show as an evidence. But just as someone who didn't give in to the rules laid by someone else of what you had to do at that time the society expected of you or what was drilled into you as a duty or a

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Shine on you crazy diamond

[anonymous]

First of all, well written.
Second, I really appreciate the message you are trying to convey here. I think there is a need for people to understand that different people have different standards for satisfaction/happiness. I was just watching a documentary on Buddha and find it so odd that the enlightenment that was discovered so long ago is forgotten today. The middle balanced path is different for each. I think trouble happens when everyone measures success/failure by the same yardstick. I find it most difficult to ignore the noise and filter the good stuff. And also filter out the good part from the often badly dispensed advice.

-Resh

Its always a battle isnt it?

[anonymous]

Living life as we wish to, without giving into other people's expectations is difficult.Its an ever present battle.You will be forced to question so many of your choices.Ever questioning yourself whether it would have been better to have conformed to the "easy way".