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What Makes You Different

Hot 41232 views. 2018-5-6 13:17

This week I watched a TED speech from a journalist whose job is to talk to people from all walks of life. What impressed me most is not her eloquence or inspiration but her genuine and sincere narration. Her topic is What Makes You Different. There is no doubt that there are a thousand Hamlets in a thousand people's eys as per this wheezy question. Here I just want to talk about my opinions.


In fact when I entered a totally different environment and finally clicked with someone, making a friend was a special reward. It is obvious that everybody wants to feel valued and accepted and we think it should happen spontaneously, but it doesn't. When you're different, you have to work at belonging. It occurred to me that when I was a high school student, I was assigned to sit with a girl who is always alone and furthermore, a little quirky. At that time I felt she got in the way with her shyness and odd character. I was consumed by my own selfishness and unable to put myself in her shoes. Today when we label someone as different, it dehumanizes them in a way. They become " the other."


So, how do we recognize our blind spots? On a personal note it begins by understanding what makes you different by embracing those traits. Only then can you begin to appreciate what makes others special. It's like we're stuck in those bubbles that nobody wants to burst, and the only way to get out of it is to realize that being different also means thinking differently. In the words of Voltaire:" I may not agree what you say, but I will fight to the death to defend your right to say it." Finally what I would like to say is that nobody has a claim on the word "normal." We are all different, quirky and unique, and that is what makes us wonderfully human.

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Reply Koooas 2018-5-6 14:04
We often say that existence is reasonable. There are many people or things that we can't understand. It's ok to disagree, but we shouldn't discriminate.
Reply koofun 2018-5-6 14:34
The words you share with us makes "Fireworks which are not the same as so-called normal ones still can blaze and dazzle." cross my mind. More than seven billions of people living on the Earth, the "difference" always exists, we cannot use an identical criterion to judge anyone. Being one who is kindness himself.
Reply SuNdadadas 2018-5-6 15:16
You definite "difference" fromthe perspective of specifity and that's definitely right. But most people would definite "different" from perspective of universality.That is to say, often people distinguish "normal" from "different"  by the number of common points. If one has few similarities to them, he/she may be considered as "quirky".
Reply liondoggy 2018-5-6 21:13
From your words,I realize that we should not label people easily because every person has his unique characters.We are born for various reasons and we cannot deny others in view of our own preference.
Reply Fanning 2018-5-8 22:05
Koooas: We often say that existence is reasonable. There are many people or things that we can't understand. It's ok to disagree, but we shouldn't discriminat ...
I agree with you that existence is reasonable. We should not discriminte them by our point of view.
Reply Fanning 2018-5-8 22:18
SuNdadadas: You definite "difference" fromthe perspective of specifity and that's definitely right. But most people would definite "different" ...
After reading what you said, I have a deeper understanding about the word "quirky". What matters is no matter who we are, we should bear in mind that we should treat others equally.
Reply Fanning 2018-5-8 22:39
liondoggy: From your words,I realize that we should not label people easily because every person has his unique characters.We are born for various reasons and we ...
What you said are totally reasonable. We should not discriminate anyone in terms of any aspect. What's more, we should learn to appreciate other's merits as much as possible.
Reply Fanning 2018-5-8 22:42
koofun: The words you share with us makes "Fireworks which are not the same as so-called normal ones still can blaze and dazzle." cross my mind. Mor ...
Yep!An identical criterion should not be carried out to judge anyone regardless of his or her age, gender or some unique characters. Fireworks which are not the same our common people still can blaze and dazzle.

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