On Being Badass

[ladyhawke_wings]

"Part of why being comfortable with yourself is the first key to being badass is, it's fucking hard to be yourself. And the more unlike your social environment you are, the harder it is. It's a hard road to choose, a harder road to walk, and an even harder road to stay true to, up until a certain point at least. Getting to that point is hard."
~namfle on

Comments

[namfle]

Wow.

I'm even more humbled and honored after reading this than when you asked to quote me.

-elf-

[ladyhawke_wings]

*laughs* I don't think I deserve it, but thank you, elf! :-D

[sandalfon]

It is such a hard juggling job. We need unity connected with our individuality and own uniqueness. This society continually tries to keep us brainwashed through the media and all, into believing we have to make ourselves into something different that fits a certain style that has been created for us. When people age into wisdom, they find that secluding from the majority is a better way to go, because it's overwhelmingly impossible to change society and those who control it.

I highly admire those who have made the conflicts divide and they step through into a rare individual, knowing all of who they are and won't again take other people's controls over us, and stand up for our rights. Knowing that it will be a constant struggle staying out of the pull of that energy the rest exude.

[ladyhawke_wings]

Thank you for the comment!

It is indeed impossible to change society, but then...I don't think we really have to change society, just...tend to our own gardens, so to speak.

I believe that each of us has a path that is resonant with our true selves - our true souls. Sometimes that path fits well with those around you; sometimes it doesn't. Sometimes it is what you're used to...and sometimes not. But I do beilieve that to truly live we must walk the way that our deepest souls determine for us.

That said...I don't actually think that we need to seclude from the majority in order to do this, even when our souls do not fit well with them. We simply need to stand firmly upright and walk the road we were created to walk, even if it does not agree with those around us.

But one thing is sure - namfle is right, it sure is hard!

[ladyhawke_wings]

Thank you for commenting!

Do you think these must be mutually exclusive?

[ladyhawke_wings]

I agree with your point about Groupthink. This is indeed very scary and dangerous!

I found your other comments interesting, as well. Will you share some more on this?

My initial reaction was that externally these would seem to be polar extremes of a long continuum. Should it then not be possible to find a middle way to hold to one's individual truths - even while rejecting some/much of the herd's mentality? To still remain a "member", albeit a less......integrated one?