I don’t run with the pack. The pack revolves around a leader and all must do as that leader says – right or wrong. Therefore, the pack blindly follows its leader; never questioning, always conforming. One might say the leader is the pack as the pack mirrors the leader. I may wear glasses, but I’m not blind. I refuse to follow someone just because they say to.
The pack is more concerned with prestige (“Look at us, world, we’re “cool”) than it is with those who’re in it. I don’t desire prestige. While it may be true that my not belonging to the pack may mean I have fewer “friends”, it also means that the few I do have like me for me – not simply because I’m associated with the pack.
The pack thrives on conformity. “We all do, act, belong to, or have ‘such-and-such’ so that makes us superior”. Without conformity, the pack will disband. Dare to be slightly different from the pack and you’ll find yourself thrown out like a piece of trash; ostracized while the pack marches on. I refuse to conform. I see myself as an individual (the pack hates individuality). I may live with the pack (in the same country), but I won’t bow or conform to its ways.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m not some rebel or maverick. I’m not out trying to change the world (not that there’s anything wrong with that). I’m not out there crying, “Look at me world, I’m different”. I don’t demand that others do or think as I do. No, that’s pack mentality... and I’m not part of the pack. I'm simply me.
Shuhak 