"i was raised up believing
i was somehow unique-
like a snowflake distinct among snowflakes,
unique in each way you can see.
and now after some thinking,
i'd say i'd rather be
a functioning cog in some great machinery
serving something beyond me"
-fleet foxes, "helplessness blues"
man, i can remember watching episode
upon episode of sesame street as a toddler,
being fed messages by the program
that i was a special, unique person,
essentially making me the center of my
own personal universe.
maybe we've bred an entirely selfish
generation, simply by telling everyone
how "unique" and "special" they are.
maybe we've missed the point,
and left out the most important part:
our specialties and unique attributes
are necessary and so needed
to contribute to greater society
and the world itself, so that we,
as a collective group
can make a true difference,
and be shapers of what's to come.
no one can do it on their own.
i'm daily convinced- more and more-
that we need each other.
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