It takes a lot of courage to be true to your heart. When you are true to yourself, you are no longer safe in society. You might rock the boat.  You might be tactless and spoil the mindless games encouraged by institutions and corporations. You become the unwelcome guest.

Trouble is, when you are true to yourself, society marks you as strange, crazy, weird and possibly insane. This is the price of thinking for yourself.

Yet, it is not you who is strange, do you know who the nuts really are?  The nuts are all of those ‘normal people’ who are offended by anything that does not belong to the same old, same old. The nuts are those who pride themselves on being sane and sensible.

Who dares speak their truth from the heart? If you do, you will be mocked but how else are you going to get off the roundabout?

Take the time to think about your life. What do you love, really love doing? What makes you happy…really happy. Understand these things… do them… and you will be classed as a weirdo by society.

Your true essence is your unique character. It is the creative, bold and interesting you. When you can be this creative individual, you can escape the same old, same old.

When a new idea offends you, have a close look at your own ideas, they are probably clichés, borrowed from news articles and advertising blurb.

If you want a better world, then the world, your world, must change.  Before your world can change, your mind needs to change.

Try changing some of your definite views on life. Learn to live with uncertainty. The world will still go on and you may even break out of the prison of your same old, same old mind.