Living life, conventionally or unconventionally

In this huge world of so many people around, both in reality and virtually , we all aspire to be identified and recognized by the world. We are identified by two things significantly, one is our work , what we do to earn a living, and the second is the world’s perception of us, what opinion does the world makes of us. Everyone is trying to be identified in one or the other way, either by finding something different in oneself , doing some unique work and taking the road not taken , working for something different, pretending to be unique, or showing to the world just the uniqueness amongst the commons. I am trying to ask a question on the behalf of a novice , who has just started his/her life in the real world, has just completed the education and is starting an identity of his own. There’s a huge dilemma for him regarding the world, that will the world accept him, his way of life, his thought for life? or reject him, throw him out of his unconventional life to the common man’s world? or he shouldn’t care about the world’s response and follow his own thoughts, be it unconventional or conventional. The question asks what qualities should we aspire to become, is there some clear definition of common or unique?, is living a life mainstream way not accepted, is being common something very easy and not valuable? or being unique has just the two options, either you come out with flying colors, or you get rejected because you are not the best in that uniqueness?… so the question this novice asks is what to do , to try being unique ? or try being a common? or be themselves and not care about the response the world gives?

A caterpillar, when born, amidst all the butterflies, has to follow a certain procedure to become like them, is bound to go in a cocoon , spend some time there, like every other common being in that world does, and when it comes out, when it tries to fly, it is its own choice how and where to fly, where to go, what flowers to pick as its friends in its life. I am just trying to make an analogy that for being unique in our own way and come out with flying colors, its really important for us to experience the common life as well, which everyone else follows, and not worry about what uniqueness, worry about how to be different till we have spent enough time and have learnt to be grounded. The common way of life teaches us how to be grounded and respect the world when we’ll reach colorful heights in the later stage of life. If the caterpillar wouldn’t have spent the time in cocoon, would have started flying just after the birth, he might not have been that stronger what he is now, or he might not be able to respect other caterpillars who are still in their cocoon. The experience of a common life teaches us a lot and that is where we learn to stay grounded the whole life. No matter how many unique colors we have, we’ll always try to spread colors in others lives, be it other butterflies, or other caterpillars.

The novice who asked the questions above thinks that being common and being unique are some important phases of life which everyone should experience. All of us are unique in our own way and should cherish that quality by spreading it to others in the world. Being a commoner is seemed as not a good way of life nowadays, but if we don’t experience and enjoy the commoner’s life, we won’t be able to see the world and the people with a different perspective. We can be both common and unique at the same time as well, when we think of the world by having the perspective of a common man, and what do we do after that thought makes us unique. Although, its true that we should always aspire to be better and better, but enjoying what we have is also really important. Living a common life and being happy and satisfied there is the best approach to life and will be rarely seen in the near future when no one will have time to spend their life enjoying because they would be busy finding the most unconventional way of living the life, just to be identified uniquely in the world. To be identified and recognized in the world, we don’t need to be the greatest, live the most unique life, instead, we just need to experience and enjoy the common life, respect others in the world, both commoners and specials. Living a common life and understanding a common life’s / common man’s problems and a thought to try to solve them will definitely make us unique.