Just because a group of people do not accept you as you are, there is no necessity for you to strip yourself of your originality. You need to think good of yourself, for the world takes you at your own estimate. Never stoop down in order to gain recognition. Never let go of your true self to win a relationship. In the long run, you will regret that you traded your greatest Glory - your uniqueness, for momentary validation. Even Gandhi was not accepted by many people. The group that does not accept you as YOU is not Your world. There is a world for each one of you, where you shall reign as king /queen by just being yourself. Find that world... In fact, that world will find You. What water can do, gasoline cannot and what copper can, gold cannot. The fragility of the ant enables it to move and the rigidity of the tree enables it to stay rooted. Everything and everybody has been designed with a Proportion of uniqueness to serve a purpose that we can fulfil only by being our unique self. You as you alone can serve your purpose and I as I alone can serve my purpose. You are here to be you... Just YOU. Let us be the best we can be. In the history of the universe, there has been nobody like you and to the infinity of time to come, there will be no one like you. Existence should have loved you so much that it broke the mould after making you, so that another of your kind will never get repeated. You are original. You are rare. You are unique. You are a wonder. You are a masterpiece. .. Your Master's piece. Celebrate your Uniqueness. - H.H.Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Oh! I just came across these beautiful lines today at a divine Satsang and could not help but putting them across :) Something very close to my heart <3 :) Na sabut hai na daleel hai, mere sath mera rabbe-jaleel hai. Teri rehmaton mein koi kami nahi, meri ehtiyat mai dheel hai. Kaun juda kar sake hame, mai atoot pyas tu jheel hai" which roughly translates to ....(on request - any better suggestions are welcome :) "There is no evidence, nor is there any debate, God is for sure with me, There is no dearth in His generosity, its me who's the careless.. There is no force which can separate us, I am the Seeker, Thou The Ocean " Om Namah bhagwate vasudevayah