"Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They’re not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing you can’t do is ignore them. Because they change things. They push the human race forward."
This is from an Apple marketing campaign, but it's true enough to be worth restating. And I would add that the misfits we need to thank for their contribution to the greater good include other marginalized, maligned and misunderstood: those who live on the street because they cannot live the life that is prescribed for them, those that wear odd ensembles, those that either can't or don't conform to the social niceties.
If they make us think, if we are reminded to stop and think, then they have perhaps moved us, as individuals, toward a more enlightened view of the universe. And hopefully the individual impact has a collective good, I don't know. I find it hard to see that evidenced in the world, but maybe. Regardless, I am benefited when it is me who is made to stop and consider an alternative to my accepted truth.
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