• It's infested with megalomania. I'm sure every single country, city, town, and school suffers from it. Recently, I was listening to "Hey John, What's Your Name Again?" by The Devil Wears Prada, when I began to pay more attention to the lyrics, and I drew a conclusion from them, and to what other people had said. It's relation to a short story called "The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas" by Ursula K. Le Guin is also helpful. It seems as if the song was written according to what Le Guin had written. Let's begin with facing the facts: individualism is an increasingly dissolving value found, in this case, in teenagers and older college students. Even college graduates. We follow magazines such as Cosmopolitan and Seventeen as if they were our bibles. The majority of people do things because they've seen them before, glamourized by high-paid fashion models in ads. They strive for utopia in their society, which is clearly impossible, because there is no such thing as perfection, except in God. God did not create us to be exactly like the other, otherwise He would have created us all at once, and we would not have been given free will. He made us each separately, one at a time, so that we may each have our chance at impacting the world. And we know we can't hide from it- it's everywhere. It's plastered on your networking website. It's walking down your halls in between classes. It's entering your brain each time you flip the switch on your television remote (i.e. reality shows, rap music videos, advertisements). So why bother to turn your head the other way, dress the way you please, listen to the music you want to, engage in activities that interest YOU? The truth is, many of us are weak, crack under the pressure, and we put on a mask that hides who we truly are, who we could be. Then why don't we just all follow the cliche, put on that same mask that the rest of the how many million people in The United States are wearing, become clones of each other, and abuse our free will? Because we're afraid of what other people might think. I say take a chance. Take off your mask, show the world who you truly are, whether they be accepting or not. It's even difficult for some people to believe that while I was at Covecrest for a week, I actually found God's grace, and I basked in it's glory. I actually grew closer to Jesus Christ within a mere six days in the mountains of northeast Georgia. Is it really that hard to believe? Just because 99% of the rest of the world isn't as close to God as I am, it does not mean it cannot occur. It did. I'm not sorry that I'm not like the rest of you, and the only thing on my mind all day is the party tonight or if my hair is frizzing. Because it's not. Oh, and forgive me if you perceive this as me shunning you for not being as close to God as I am. Believe me, it is not the case. I am just using it as an example as one of the values there are in people today (religion). It doesn't matter to me if you go to church at all, or if you believe in God. It's just an example. Basically, I'm just making my statement about my perception of the world today. I believe that if we could just break apart from everyone else for a little while and find out who we really are, we could eliminate labels altogether, and obtain individuality in the majority of us. I did it. So can you. It isn't easy, but it is well worth it in the long run. No, I'm not trying to run some campaign to change the world. I'm just speaking for myself. This is what runs through my mind each day. If you've read this whole thing, I really thank you a lot. And Christian or not, God loves you for who you are. He created you to be an individual. You should never feel like you have to be as great as the person you see in the limelight. They're not great. To me, they're the lowest part of society. However, there are exceptions. But in general, everyone pretty much follows some sort of cliche. Just know it is not permanent.

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