It is okay to be different. Being individual is part of what makes us human. We should enjoy and celebrate our differences. We should be who we are.

We do not have to aim to be different. The beauty of nature is found both in difference and in conformity. The individual differences of every snowflake are wondrous, a staggering beauty. But so is the white transformation of the world when covered in snow. You cannot make a snowball out of a single snowflake. You cannot ski on a snowflake.

We have a primal instinct to group together, to connect. Too often our judgements, our fears, our prejudices and our egos prevent us from doing so.

Every sunflower is different from the next. A different size, a different number of petals, of leaves. Do we judge each independently? Nature shows us the beauty of similarity now matter how different an individual is.

Let go of your fears of being different. Let go of your desires to be different. Be who you really are and let our differences join us together in the natural state of being human.