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“Never be afraid to be a poppy in a field of daffodils” – Michaela DePrince
Michaela DePrince was a war orphan in Sierra Leone who became an accomplished ballerina. Her story is amazing, and I LOVE the quote above.
Yes, but apply judgment. For example, being a wolf in a herd of sheep can really be hard on the wolf, particularly if there is a shepherd with a gun. I agree, but those are two VERY different ideas, SD. 
I gave a talk once in the YSA ward when I was a counselor in the bishopric there. In the talk I made reference to the front lawn of the church. It was all green, uniformly cut, looked very nice, but was unnatural. Man had made the grass look like that , as natural ungroomed grass would never look so clean cut. I then contrasted that with the field next to the church that had wildflowers of many different colors. I said this was God’s lawn, with different colors, different heights of plants, etc. I told the congregation that we should be proud to look like “God’s lawn” with different color clothes, different styles of hair, different body shapes, etc. We should not try to get others to conform to some artificial man-made uniformity. It was very well received by the kids in the ward.
Sheldon wrote:In the talk I made reference to the front lawn of the church. It was all green, uniformly cut, looked very nice, but was unnatural. Man had made the grass look like that , as natural ungroomed grass would never look so clean cut. I then contrasted that with the field next to the church that had wildflowers of many different colors. I said this was God’s lawn, with different colors, different heights of plants, etc. I told the congregation that we should be proud to look like “God’s lawn” with different color clothes, different styles of hair, different body shapes, etc. We should not try to get others to conform to some artificial man-made uniformity. It was very well received by the kids in the ward.
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:thumbup: :clap: :thumbup: :clap: Excellent, Sheldon. Truly excellent. Sheldon wrote:I gave a talk once in the YSA ward when I was a counselor in the bishopric there.
In the talk I made reference to the front lawn of the church. It was all green, uniformly cut, looked very nice, but was unnatural. Man had made the grass look like that , as natural ungroomed grass would never look so clean cut. I then contrasted that with the field next to the church that had wildflowers of many different colors. I said this was God’s lawn, with different colors, different heights of plants, etc. I told the congregation that we should be proud to look like “God’s lawn” with different color clothes, different styles of hair, different body shapes, etc. We should not try to get others to conform to some artificial man-made uniformity. It was very well received by the kids in the ward.
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:thumbup: I may borrow it if you don’t mind.Quote:To be nobody but myself — in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else — means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight, and never stop fighting. -E.E. Cummings, poet (1894-1962)
I came across that this morning and I have been thinking about its importance all day.
— Amateur Parent
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