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Girls are taught a lot of stuff growing up. If a guy punches you he likes you. Someday you will meet a wonderful guy and get your very own happy ending. Every movie we see, Every story we’re told implores us to wait for it, the third act twist, the unexpected declaration of love, the exception to the rule. But sometimes we’re so focused on finding our happy ending we don’t learn how to read the signs. How to tell from the ones who want us and the ones who don’t, the ones who will stay and the ones who will leave. And maybe a happy ending doesn’t include a guy, maybe… it’s you, on your own, picking up the pieces and starting over, freeing yourself up for something better in the future. Maybe the happy ending is… just… moving on. Or maybe the happy ending is this, knowing after all the unreturned phone calls, broken-hearts, through the blunders and misread signals, through all the pain and embarrassment you never gave up hope
Your flaws are beautiful. They’re what make you stand out. Don’t try to be normal, perfect, striving to be something or someone that you will never accomplish. Be annoying, be quirky, be different. In truth, it takes a hell of a lot more strength to resist, than to go along with the flow. Stray from the path. What anyone else thinks doesn’t matter. Let them be boring, let them be the same, as unnoticeable as the people around them. Wear flowers in your hair, mismatching socks, and thousands of multi-colored bracelets. Press all those damn buttons in the elevator, and piss off everyone around you. Have fun now, because there’s always plenty of time to be boring in the future.
Andrea Chiang
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@susieq wrote:
Girls are taught a lot of stuff growing up. If a guy punches you he likes you. Someday you will meet a wonderful guy and get your very own happy ending. Every movie we see, Every story we’re told implores us to wait for it, the third act twist, the unexpected declaration of love, the exception to the rule. But sometimes we’re so focused on finding our happy ending we don’t learn how to read the signs. How to tell from the ones who want us and the ones who don’t, the ones who will stay and the ones who will leave. And maybe a happy ending doesn’t include a guy, maybe… it’s you, on your own, picking up the pieces and starting over, freeing yourself up for something better in the future. Maybe the happy ending is… just… moving on. Or maybe the happy ending is this, knowing after all the unreturned phone calls, broken-hearts, through the blunders and misread signals, through all the pain and embarrassment you never gave up hope
You missed out the part about never trim your own bangs !!
@jen_jen wrote:
Your flaws are beautiful. They’re what make you stand out. Don’t try to be normal, perfect, striving to be something or someone that you will never accomplish. Be annoying, be quirky, be different. In truth, it takes a hell of a lot more strength to resist, than to go along with the flow. Stray from the path. What anyone else thinks doesn’t matter. Let them be boring, let them be the same, as unnoticeable as the people around them. Wear flowers in your hair, mismatching socks, and thousands of multi-colored bracelets. Press all those damn buttons in the elevator, and cheap wine off everyone around you. Have fun now, because there’s always plenty of time to be boring in the future.
Andrea Chiang
:D
I liked and agreed with alot of that :) although there seems to be an element of being rebellious for rebellions sake in it, and sometimes spending too much energy in just being rebellious or opposing can mean you actual miss out on the parts you could and would relish and enjoy, its great to be different its admirable to stand for your own thoughts and ideas and playing devils advocate can be interesting and educational too, but sometimes its ok to just go with the flow, doesnt mean your boring but preparing for the next challenge :D
As always it’s all in the interpretation, we will all read the same text and take different things from it, such is the beauty of the written word :D
I felt this quote followed on nicely from Susie’s. Having spent years trying to conform, to meet other people’s expectations of me, of struggling to fit in, of trying to be a serious grown-up and doing the things that grown-ups are supposed to do, for me the message is don’t beat yourself up because you’re not like everyone else but be true to yourself and embrace your differences, don’t take yourself too seriously and remember to have fun along the way.
I read it more as a confirmation that it’s okay to be different . Not as instruction to try and be different :)
@jen_jen wrote:
As always it’s all in the interpretation, we will all read the same text and take different things from it, such is the beauty of the written word :D
I felt this quote followed on nicely from Susie’s. Having spent years trying to conform, to meet other people’s expectations of me, of struggling to fit in, of trying to be a serious grown-up and doing the things that grown-ups are supposed to do, for me the message is don’t beat yourself up because you’re not like everyone else but be true to yourself and embrace your differences, don’t take yourself too seriously and remember to have fun along the way.
absolutely with you on that
@jen_jen wrote:
As always it’s all in the interpretation, we will all read the same text and take different things from it, such is the beauty of the written word :D
I felt this quote followed on nicely from Susie’s. Having spent years trying to conform, to meet other people’s expectations of me, of struggling to fit in, of trying to be a serious grown-up and doing the things that grown-ups are supposed to do, for me the message is don’t beat yourself up because you’re not like everyone else but be true to yourself and embrace your differences, don’t take yourself too seriously and remember to have fun along the way.
Couldnt agree more
We men are taught lots of things as we grow up too. One thing in particular we’re taught is that if bad stuff happens and you feel like your life is falling apart, if you’re a man, keep it to yourself! We suffer in silence.
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