Had some awesome conversations, read some awesome writings, and here I am thinking, we should not made to be apologetic, not for not hurting people, not for being authentic, especially not for being authentic.
It' arguable that authenticity is a construct subjective to the one who perceives it. What we see to be true to ourselves may annoy the hell outta someone else.
I guess for me, the line I draw is when it seriously doesn't hurt someone. And no, being a reason for you to perceive as annoyance is seriously debatable.
No one should be made to feel that their opinion is on a less equal footing than others.
Or that their preferences make them weird, or freaky, or *insert not-nice term*
If I want to like Justin Bieber, I will like him
If I like emo chinese korean drama, I will like it
If I like to be less of a hipster, more of a hipster, more boring, less boring, crazy spontaneous, less spontaneous, funny, sarcastic, likes chilli, hates sambal...you get the gist.
It's funny how humans inadvertently sets standard for oneself, and funny how we are forever trying to achieve it till the point when we realise we live by standards others set for us, or we perceive others set for us.
We put everyone's word on a pedestal, and while I am all out for openness and empathy, it seriously doesn't work when it means your own perspectives are ignored, and devalued.
That said, it does not give you the damn right to be so entitled and think that being yourself means you can heck care about anyone at all.
You be the judge. You are always your best judge. Save for God perhaps. =)
Time for bed. Goodnight, and oh, you are alright, seriously, you are.
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