Being a Renegade
(A response to the conformist quote but Colin Wilson)
"The average man is a conformist, accepting miseries and disasters with the stoicism of a cow standing in the rain"- Colin Wilson. The definition for a conformist is a person who conforms to accepted behavior or established practices. An example of this that you've probably heard about before is, when you are acting the exact same as someone to get the same effect that the person is getting. You may have heard your parents ask you this question... "If they jumped off a bridge, would you follow?" Another word for a conformist is follower. They tend to go with the flow and be in the "latest trend". So is Colin Wilson just saying we all follow each? Just because some does something new, does that mean that we're going to come to work or school with that on the next day? I think that Colin Wilson's quote is a wonderful quote and describes …show more content…
Just because someone tells you to do something doesn't mean that you'll drop everything and do the thing they say. Now I'm not saying that you should not always listen to people about these things, but every now and again you could choose to not. I'll be the one to admit that I've had those days where you sit back and begin to wonder, what am I doing with my life? Is this what I really want? Did they really mean the things they said to me? Do I even belong here? I began to lay in bed at night and ask myself every night, if I was actually worth something. If I meant something to someone. No one was showing me the things that I really wanted and needed to hear. I love you. I mean my parents said it, but as soon as I left the house everything changed. I felt as if I have no one. I was alone, and didn't know where to turn. As I sat, without guidance, I thought "why am I here?" The next I found a quote that made things begin to turn better. "You were given this life because you are strong enough to live
(A response to the conformist quote but Colin Wilson)
"The average man is a conformist, accepting miseries and disasters with the stoicism of a cow standing in the rain"- Colin Wilson. The definition for a conformist is a person who conforms to accepted behavior or established practices. An example of this that you've probably heard about before is, when you are acting the exact same as someone to get the same effect that the person is getting. You may have heard your parents ask you this question... "If they jumped off a bridge, would you follow?" Another word for a conformist is follower. They tend to go with the flow and be in the "latest trend". So is Colin Wilson just saying we all follow each? Just because some does something new, does that mean that we're going to come to work or school with that on the next day? I think that Colin Wilson's quote is a wonderful quote and describes …show more content…
Just because someone tells you to do something doesn't mean that you'll drop everything and do the thing they say. Now I'm not saying that you should not always listen to people about these things, but every now and again you could choose to not. I'll be the one to admit that I've had those days where you sit back and begin to wonder, what am I doing with my life? Is this what I really want? Did they really mean the things they said to me? Do I even belong here? I began to lay in bed at night and ask myself every night, if I was actually worth something. If I meant something to someone. No one was showing me the things that I really wanted and needed to hear. I love you. I mean my parents said it, but as soon as I left the house everything changed. I felt as if I have no one. I was alone, and didn't know where to turn. As I sat, without guidance, I thought "why am I here?" The next I found a quote that made things begin to turn better. "You were given this life because you are strong enough to live