Think Different
Imagination. When I was a child, that used to be the catch phrase. “You can accomplish anything you put your mind to”. “Your dreams can come true”. But that was when I was a kid. Not anymore. Now things have changed.
I live in a world of people who think small. People who dream small. I live in a world of average people doing average things living average lives. No more talk about dreaming. About imagining. About thinking big. I’m living in the world of adults. The world of hopelessness. The world of averages. Reality. And I’m already sick of it.
I don’t want to be just another person in the world. I don’t want to go along with the status quo. I don’t want to become just like them. The world thinks small. They think locally – not globally. They think in thousands – not in billions. Only a few, truly understand what it’s like to think big. To think beyond themselves and their houses and their neighbourhoods. To think outside their countries and their continents. To view the world from different eyes. To think different.
Why do I bring this up? Maybe it’s the way the world belittles a person’s potential. Maybe it’s the because the world thinks too small. Maybe it’s because the world hates change. Maybe it’s a combination of all these things. I’m tired of people making comments about working at Wendy’s or McDonald’s for the rest of their lives. Why to people have to think so small?
I’ve learned that for someone to be successful, they don’t have to be a genius. They don’t have to be a good speaker. They don’t even have to be rich. All they really need to do, is to think outside of the box. To break the mold the world created for them. The people who truly made a difference, are the ones who thought different. Albert Einstein. Martin Luther King Jr. Steve Jobs. These people made a difference in the world. They thought beyond themselves. They thought outside their local communities. They were mocked, made fun of, and doubted. But they came through. And now look at them. Look at where they are in history. Look at where they are today.
I’m tired of the world telling me who I am. I’m tired of living inside the world’s set of requirements. I’m tired of just getting by. I want to be different. I strive to be different. I want to dream big dreams. I want to imagine. I want to think different.
