Dare To Be Different

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@HazySue (39268)
Gouverneur, New York
August 24, 2016 10:38am CST
One of the reasons I like it so much here on MyLot is the various personalities and differences that there are here. It is one of the best things about this site. It allows you to be you. I am impressed by the different styles of writing and the unique people that I have met here. I think it is such an important thing to be yourself. Dare to be different. Express yourself in your own unique way. I will leave you with this thought: "Champion the right to be yourself; dare to be different and to set your own pattern; live your own life and follow your own star.” by Wilfred Peterson. Isn't it wonderful that we all participate on a site that allows us to be who we are?
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@CinnamonGrl (7084)
• Santa Fe, New Mexico
24 Aug 16
Yes it is, and earn extra money doing it. We're pretty spoiled.
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@HazySue (39268)
• Gouverneur, New York
2 Sep 16
@CinnamonGrl that's true, the money does add a bit of attraction to the equation.
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• United States
24 Aug 16
yes ma'am, although some folks don't seem to think so, lol. bein' diff'rent seems to bring out ugliness'n some folks fer some odd reason.
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@HazySue (39268)
• Gouverneur, New York
2 Sep 16
@crazyhorseladycx I don't understand why that happens. I wonder if maybe they either don't know who they are or are afraid to be who they are.
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• United States
2 Sep 16
@HazySue my fear 'd be that online, they 're their true selves :(
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@HazySue (39268)
• Gouverneur, New York
3 Sep 16
@crazyhorseladycx Maybe they are but I suspect that there are one or two that make themselves out they are letting out the personality of someone they would like to be.
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@Bluedoll (16773)
• Canada
2 Sep 16
That's a good point. It would be extremely boring if everyone was exactly the same and never dared to be just a little out the ordinary. Take a path that is somewhat off the well traveled ones?
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@Bluedoll (16773)
• Canada
3 Sep 16
@HazySue I suspect to fit in, not to rock the boat and to play it safe?
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@HazySue (39268)
• Gouverneur, New York
2 Sep 16
@Bluedoll I think it would. Besides, why would anyone want to be a paler copy of an original?
• Austin, Texas
2 Sep 16
Sites like these are like the Olympic games. Living proof that there can be peace in diversity. In fact, I believe if it weren't for corruption in governments, there could be peace around the world and the people handing out the Nobel Peace Prize would have to give the awards to everybody!
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• Austin, Texas
3 Sep 16
@HazySue - Who is "cmoneyspinnercx"???
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@HazySue (39268)
• Gouverneur, New York
3 Sep 16
@cmoneyspinner oh dear I got carried away didn't I. Sorry about that.
@HazySue (39268)
• Gouverneur, New York
3 Sep 16
@cmoneyspinnercx I think you may be correct.
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@LadyDuck (470823)
• Switzerland
24 Aug 16
Yes, this is why I like this site. Everyone has a different style and so many interesting things to say.
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@LadyDuck (470823)
• Switzerland
3 Sep 16
@HazySue I agree, the fact that we have different styles and stories makes this site interesting.
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@HazySue (39268)
• Gouverneur, New York
2 Sep 16
@LadyDuck I find the people here fascinating. If we all wrote and thought the same way it would be boring for sure.
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@Hannihar (130218)
• Israel
31 Dec 17
I appreciate what you said here.
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@HazySue (39268)
• Gouverneur, New York
1 Jan 18
Thank you. We all need to be ourselves.
@Hannihar (130218)
• Israel
1 Jan 18
@HazySue You are welcome Susan.
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@crossbones27 (49344)
• Mojave, California
30 Aug 16
Something that I will be never be different on is taking pride in being different. I concur with the sentiment of this post. Especially, from a world that wants everyone to think the same.
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@HazySue (39268)
• Gouverneur, New York
2 Sep 16
@crossbones27 I have never wanted to be a carbon copy of someone else. It is our differences that make us the unique people that we are.
@PurnaSharma (2562)
• Guwahati, India
3 Sep 16
The core thing you discussed.Yes one will be recognised by his/her own personality,mimic can deprive one him/her from recognition.
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@hereandthere (45645)
• Philippines
25 Aug 16
here i get to know about people who are true to themselves and their life choices.
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@HazySue (39268)
• Gouverneur, New York
2 Sep 16
@hereandthere people are fascinating when they are being true to themselves.
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@epiffanie (11326)
• Australia
29 Aug 16
Yes it's a good place to be .. I learn a lot here ..
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@HazySue (39268)
• Gouverneur, New York
2 Sep 16
@epiffanie it's the place to be for those who want to be themselves.
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@marlina (154131)
• Canada
24 Aug 16
Love that quote by Wilfred Peterson.
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@HazySue (39268)
• Gouverneur, New York
2 Sep 16
@marlina so do I. It says to me that people need to be who they are, nothing more, nothing less.
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@MKAlubs (455)
• United States
24 Aug 16
Yes, I very much agree. Great photo, by the way.
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@HazySue (39268)
• Gouverneur, New York
2 Sep 16
@MKAlubs great minds think alike. I found the photo on Pixabay
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@paigea (36318)
• Canada
29 Aug 16
It is wonderful. I hope your surgery went well.
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@HazySue (39268)
• Gouverneur, New York
2 Sep 16
@paigea it did go well and I am beginning to travel the recovery road.
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• United States
24 Aug 16
Indeed.
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