People can be so strange.

Granted I'm a bit of an odd duck from what others have told me. I've been told I'm weird or a dork or too kind...and that I should strive to be something I'm not in order for things to be easier.

Why do so many feel that if you do not fit the norm, that you should strive to fit in like the rest? Ok I understand that we all have room to improve, but I refuse to change my morals/opinions of things based on the fact that other people deem me strange for sticking to my guns on things that I think matter.

I do, however, think that there are people who should strive for success and stop bitching about how unfair things are. Life IS unfair, and until you accept that, you will continue to be miserable. That's not to say that people do not have the right to complain...we all need to vent, it's unhealthy to store it all in...but to constantly dwell on what cannot be changed is just a waste of time in the long run. Life can be a struggle, but it's so gratifying when, no matter what comes your way, you take it with a grain of salt and continue on and make the appropriate changes in order for you to be happy. But to change completely just to please someone else is foolish...just focus on what makes you happy and be considerate of others and happiness will soon follow.