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Question that lead to personal philosophy: Who are we, what are our dreams, and what do we fear? Humans desire to be accepted. We fear being unique because we could be rejected

It is not real:  the sweet little girls who are everybody's dream of what is right in the world,  Sometimes they don't do things they want to do,  so that others won't know they want to do them.  They labor under calamity,  the heat of their own fire hath sadness in it  They don't take time to breathe.  Because of societal constraints and expectations,  we force people to **hide the truest part of themselves**:  They feel the fear.
 * My personal philosophy ** is that humans cannot experience love until they learn to accept their differences . We should not conform and live in fear of being unique, but rather embrace the qualities that make us our own. In order to make our desires reality, we must first see the truth behind our own flaws and the flaws of the world around us. When we learn to accept the truth of who we are, flaws and all, we learn to love and accept life for its imperfections.

 I too was one of the walking dead  Grasping my staff,  Uncertainty stinging clear,  Into that cocoon I crept  Because of societal constraints and expectations,  I grew sick at heart!

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> I fled aghast, <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> for the cast houst and its shadows were alone behind me. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> Let me cast aside this black veil from my face!!! <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> What I allowed <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> is not real!

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">I only dreamed a wild dream, <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">It's driven me before <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">My want for a reason to dream and feel worth

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> Conformity <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> is brighter on the surface, but a mess underneath. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> It is a wicked place where wicked people live.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> I see the world <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> with pink ribbons, <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> Just not as you see it <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> I am the lover of uncontained and immortal <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">beauty. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> I cross the forbidden line <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> and content myself with faulty character.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> I am a strong one <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> I created those sounds; I removed them myself <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> I know not to fret: nothing can befall me in life <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> I speak what I think now in hard words

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> The powerful of the earth--the wise, the good <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> with open arms and open eyes, <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> hold the wheel and drive; <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> Lead when others would only follow
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Speak up!!! **

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> Afraid of love? <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">We must not run from heartache! <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> There is nothing to fear; do not be frightened <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> We are all given traits that we wish were different, <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> raised in a way where equality is "impossible". <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> That is not real <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">**Trust thyself**: every heart vibrates to that iron string!

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">So live <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">enjoying the immanent blessed event <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">It is no part of salvation that they should use us <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Let you fear nothing! Another judgement awaits us all! <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">What a splendid present: the time we have been given!

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Freedom=Joy <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Don't let everybody's dream in: <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">**Be independent** <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">like one who wraps the drapery of his couch around him, <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">and lies down to pleasant dreams <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">With heaven above and Faith below, <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Stand firm!

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> I will not deal in lies <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> My intentions are true to my word <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">**Truth** can stand by itself.

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