“Don’t worry if people think you’re crazy.  You are crazy.  You have that kind of insanity that lets other people dream outside the lines and become who they’re destined to be,”  Jennifer Elisabeth.  Normal is overrated and misunderstood anyway.  I’d rather be misunderstood by others and understand myself than water myself down enough for people to understand me but I misunderstand myself.  When we hide who we are to be accepted by others, we are left empty because the reality of who we are is never seen or accepted.  Our job is to accept all of ourselves.  It is to take the good and the bad, the light and the dark, and it is to bring forth the greatness that we have.  What others deem crazy may be the exact greatness we are meant to share.  And people always label what they don’t understand as crazy.  The more we align with that crazy version of who we are, the more others are able to do the same.

It’s not just about making a name for ourselves, it’s not about blending in, and it’s not about standing out either.  It’s about recognizing ourselves as we are and honoring that.  We can’t let the opinions of others determine our actions. What is right for us may not be right for others, it isn’t their path.  That isn’t to say we have the right to harm others or deter them from their paths—not at all, if anything is going to bring any level of harm to other people, there is no reason to do that.  Rather, we are looking to be the example for others to become the best version of themselves.  Release the need to be an authority over others and learn to share the greatness of our own lives and that inspires others to take control of themselves—be a resource.  We are so afraid of losing control that we forget it’s an illusion anyway.  The only control we have is over ourselves, our thoughts, and our actions.

At the end of the day people will have opinions—we have them all the time too.  Some people express them differently and some are better at keeping them to themselves.  But we can’t let someone put the idea of their progress or how they would handle a path they aren’t even on, in our minds.  The truth is we never know how we would handle anything until we are confronted with that situation so we can’t judge that we know how we’d behave unless we are in that situation.  If we have that awareness about ourselves, then the same applies in reverse—they may think we are nuts but they don’t know what they’d do in our shoes.  So just keep walking.  Keep doing what needs to be done and don’t let any of that extraneous shake us off the path.  There may be moments we feel crazy ourselves—just remember that’s exactly what we need and it may be exactly what someone else needs to see as well.  Let the sparks fly and see what ignites.