Embracing your difference

Wouldn’t it be boring if we were all the same? Imagine being the same as everyone else; What would we talk about? What would draw us together? How would we connect? What would we look forward to? Yes, the similarities that we have would allow us to do all of the above but for how long? So, wouldn’t it be a boring life in a boring world if it really was like this? Despite this, many of us often criticise ourselves for not being like others or what we perceive others to be ...... I’ve heard too many times: "I wish I were normal" "I wish I thought normally"

But what is normal? Who sent this standardisation of what it means to be normal?

The true picture and reality is that we are all different. In fact, we are all unique and how beautiful is it when you look at it in this way. It’s really our uniqueness and differences that brings us together and makes life and the world we are in interesting. The world wouldn't even function without people being good at different things or thinking in different ways!

So, whenever you are feeling low within yourself, or questioning how "normal" you are, when you are feeling self-critical and comparing yourself to others, look at it in a different way.

There is no normal or right way to be, there is no design or pattern that you should be fitting in to

Embrace yourself

Accept your identity and uniqueness because the world needs it

Be confident that you are special in your own right

You are important

&

You are of value

Asma- EWG Counsellor