"The thing worse than rebellion is the thing that causes rebellion." --Frederick Douglass
Are you rebellious? Why or why not?
I'd like to think I'm rebellious in small ways. As the youngest child in my family, I have always enjoyed the spotlight, and there's nothing like rebellion to get someone's attention. I wasn't the traditional rebel, breaking rules and shunning the right for the wrong. I think I wanted to be, but was too scared of the consequences. That sort of fear does not get you into the "in crowd" in public high school. I tried wearing clothes that reflected my individuality, I enjoyed finding music that was not played on the radio...as a teenager, I wanted anything but the mainstream. I was voted "Most Original" in our yearbook, but when I look back on it now, I just looked like all the other teenagers who didn't want to be mainstream. "Alternative" was not an alternative.
But today, I think I am a rebel because I want to be authentically who I am. To continue to change and grown and as my life unfurls, look back over the tapestry of my days and see what has been created. I believe we live in a world where our society tries (and usually succeeds in) telling us all who we are, what we should look like, what we are supposed to think. To live blindly and numbly. It is sad how unconscious we are to the wonder all around us.
So if rebelling is waking up to the good stuff, then I'm in.