The Sunday Mail (Zimbabwe)

We are meant to be different

- Rutendo Mahara, L6 Roosevelt Girls High

IMAGINE living in a world full of people who are the same. The same in terms of IQ, ambitions and morale. The world would be a boring place without purpose and direction because everyone would be living for the same thing.

Being different is what we are meant to be, because we cannot be the same.

There is a saying that says “Birds of the same feathers flock together’”

There are different species of birds in an environmen­t, with different habitats and ways of living.

An eagle and a goose are classified under the umbrella term ‘birds’ but are totally different in terms of speed and how high they fly.

In the same way, human beings are classified under the term “people ”but we are all different, with different fingerprin­ts, background­s and levels of IQ.

If we were all positive minded, there would not be motivation­al speakers.

If we were all naturally intelligen­t, our teachers would not serve a purpose.

The bottom line is we are all unique and serve different purposes in life.

In order to be irreplacea­ble, we must be different.

Do not be afraid of being different, be afraid of being the same with everyone else.

What makes you different makes you beautiful, embrace yourself and feel elated to be different.

Life is too short to wish to be someone else when God gave you the opportunit­y to be You and to live your life.

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