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I agree!
Let's kill all the adults and those who don't stand out !!! scream

Or if you take over the media, and alter people's attitudes...

aren't you being kind of hypocritical here too? I mean, you say that people shouldn't judge others, but then you go and say that everyone is a hypocrite and judging them for that. then again, since you did say everyone then I guess you willingly acknowledged yourself in the hypocritical masses.

I'm not entirely hypocritical, I don;t think so at least, and I'm not overly judgmental. sure, I'll correct someone or point out mistakes, but I'm not passing judgment on them as a person, just individual mistakes.

personally, I think that you are over reacting by claiming that all the world is a mob of hypocritical drones who seek out and destroy individualism. If you want to rant, go right ahead - goodness knows I've done my fair share here - but don't drag the whole world into it when a hand full of people set you off. By being more specific as to what happened and directing your anger/irritation, you'll feel a lot better when you're done.

Like Itesa said, don;t give up hope on the world because you ran into some incredibly jerky people. You did come here, a place of peers, for comfort after all - the world can;t be all that bad.

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//(~,6)\ ~<3 Sailor Moon says, "The Light of Hope is in everyone too. Let's trust them."

As a missionary, I certainly was not the average robot missionary that you might find in the mission field. If you go to any of the areas that I served in, you will find that many of the members will remember me specifically - because I wasn't afraid to step out of the mold, to do what I felt I needed to do. Of course, those whose lives I was specifically a part in would remember me more... but I struggled to fit the mold of "DO EVERYTHING EXACTLY THE WAY IT IS WRITTEN." Sometimes, it needs to be done a different way. That is why, on my mission, I saw baptisms of investigators who had been investigating for up to 16 years - because my companion and I adapted to her needs, not the other way around.

I like you.
You're wise

... That was beautiful ;-;

Thank you. I knew there had to be an upside to this adult stuff. smile

If you had told me, back when I was in high school, that I would go to Girls' Camp as a leader when I didn't know anyone -- not even the girls I was supposed to be leading! -- and that I would have an awesome time, I would have thought you were nuts.

In the years since, I seem to have gained the confidence and assurance I could only wish I had back them. I'm not suddenly some kind of power woman and go-getter now but I'm more at ease just being myself. People can take me or leave me, it's their choice. I had some of that attitude back then but I was more defensive about it. My "I'll be who I am and you'll like it or lump it!" attitude has mellowed to just "I am who I am."

It's hard to be an individual when you don't know who you are. Yeah, the sheeple are annoying. Sometimes they're hurtful. (My school years were so bad that I would consider sending my children to school to be a failure on my part. I don't say it's rational, just that I'd feel that way.) However, most of them are searching for identity. Sometimes people find it in the wrong place and sometimes people define themselves by what they are and what other people aren't. But identity isn't a one-shot thing. Life is a long journey and who you are today may be different from who you will be tomorrow or five years or fifty years from now. As the song says "improvement and progression have one eternal round."

I'm sorry your friend is having so much trouble. All you guys can do is be the best person you can be. Some people aren't going to like it. It's their loss now but that doesn't mean they're lost forever.