All humans are different

  
   Us as humans are fascinating creatures, we have been created to make an impact on the world, to do something that will be remembered by society.  We were born into this life with a goal of happiness, and prosperity. All humans want to be special and different, we all want to be individuals and express ourselves as our own. We tend to believe what the internet, media, and others tell us. Humans are so naive and will believe almost anything told to them. We tend to rely on the internet, media, and other people to bring excitement into our lives, and to teach us how to "be ourselves" when in reality we are still being what others tell us to be subconsciously.  

    Today's society has this assumption that we all have to be alike, we all have to buy the same clothes, have the same phone, drink the same drinks, and eat the same food. Humans today don't know what being an individual is. Us as humans tend to follow in the footsteps of people we idol, we follow celebrities for their fashion advice, drama, and their daily lives. Whether we know we are doing it or not, we tend to do things in our lives that the media or celebrities have reflected onto us. As much as we say we are our "individuals" I am not even sure we know what being an individual is.

    To be a women, man, or artist, means to be an individual. To be an artist you have to be able to express yourself through other aspects such as, painting, drawing, sculpting, and dancing. Even though artists may make "unique" art, there will always be an influence from something in the world driving their art. To be a man or a women means individualism, it means constantly striving to be nothing but the best you you can be. We are taught that "all men are created equal" we all have our equality and our right to be ourselves, have our own opinions, and express ourselves as we please. We may be able to express our opinions, and beliefs as we please but, if a group of girls were to go out shopping together, how likely do you think it would be for each girl to buy things because its what THEY want, not what the group wants?

      When I think of what it means to be a human I think of our destiny, our path that we are all set to travel, some people think that God determines our path for us, and we live our life on God's terms. I personally think that we, as people create our own paths, our lives are constantly changing and that changes our path, everything we do in our lives reflects on our journey in life. To be a human means, being yourself, and to live your life to always make yourself happy. When I think of being a human I think of expressing yourself and not caring what other people think. The definition of Individualism is, "the habit or principle of being independent or self reliant." We should not live our lives to please others, people who truly want to be apart of our lives with come into them liking us for us. We should not have to rely on the opinions and activities of others to influence how we live our lives.

     "Our insistence on cognitive knowing may have already robbed us of some of our capacity for being human." When I read this quote I interpreted it as a way of expressing how the act of gaining knowledge and understanding that knowledge help us better create ourselves and to also understand others and their actions. By always being taught new things in school, at work, or even just by living our lives we are never going to truly be our own person, things will always be influencing us, there will always be things about ourselves that we want to change, alter, and make better. The media will always be creating new songs, clothes, shoes, and food that we "have to try". That's why being a human and being an individual is so hard, we have so many things in life that try to make us into someone we are not, its hard to stay true to yourself at times. In order to truly understand what it means to be a human, is almost impossible, we are all humans, just trying to explain ourselves to other humans.