Henry David Thoreau

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If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away.
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If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away.
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“If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music he hears, however measured or far away.”

What does it mean to be different?  Different is not necessarily a bad thing.  Anyone can be part of a crowd but it takes gumption to be different, to be unique, to stand out from the rest.  Peer pressure is a heavy load to bear especially during the middle school and high school years but I commend you if you can withstand it.  You don't have to drink, smoke, or do drugs to be cool!  You can be cool because you're you.  I personally have never been one to buckle under peer pressure.  Just because everyone else does it doesn't mean you have to too.  Dare to be different.  Be radically you!

Every tree is different.  Be different too!