You may not know it, but you are a Star.

You may not know it, but you are a Star. 　　The North Star 　　Once upon a time all the stars in the sky shine the same brightness because they all wanted to look like each other. The North Star is a much brighter star amongst these stars. Although she is much brighter, she however shines like everybody else no brighter nor dimmer because she wanted her fellow stars to accept her. The way she had been shinning was not her true natural. One day she accidentally revealed her true brightness. A day in the sky is one year on earth and she could see that all the journeymen on earth are using her as a guiding light to find direction of north, so that they can find their ways. North star felt really happy and pleased that she is able to help so many people on earth finding their ways. Although she still wanted to look the same as other fellow stars, however she stopped from dimming herself to look the same as every other star because she saw that her brightness could help so many people on earth. She continued to shine her true brightness and helping those people on the road. From thereon, she started to be her true self, a bright North Star. 　　Everything on earth originates from one source. A piece of rock, a worm, a bird, water, a human, a human of any kind, all arises from the same source in the universe. We all came from one single creator. Although we may all are very unique, however we are one the same. In physical matter we may be in unique form, however our substances are one of the same. There is no difference between you and me. 　　Some have a hard time accepting one self because he/she thinks he/she is too unique from everybody else. Although this person maybe indeed very unique from everybody else however this person is no different from everybody else. Yes indeed, some may judge this person because this person being judged is very unique from the person that is judging but that is ok. Everyone has the right to his or her opinion. Some may be open-minded while others are not. We have no control of others except ourselves. We can open our heart to everybody, instead of judging and not accepting. After all nobody is the same anyway. Why judge someone just because that someone is unique from you? More important, we will also not judge ourselves, but rather accept ourselves for who we are. We welcome the people that love us. What we will not do is to let the people that do not welcome us for who we are to diminish our self worth and our right for happiness. 　　If we have the above mentality we would no longer have hatred for anyone. We would no longer hide anything about ourselves from anyone. If we are indeed very unique from everybody else we may choose to advertise it or we may choose to just let it be but we will not make an attempt to hide it nor will we live in the fear of worrying about anybody else discovering our uniqueness. After all we are all the same, despite how unique we maybe from one another. After all being unique is a good thing. If we are exactly the same as everybody else how mundane would that be and how pointless would that be? Our unique talents would also be diminished, if we had hiding it from others. Our talents that could have helped others would have been wasted, just like North Star’’s talent to shine brighter than every other star. 　　To become a star and a champion, one has to discover and because one is able to accept the true identity of oneself, no matter how unique this identity maybe from anybody else. The big hurdle in attempting this is dealing with the appearance of social norm and social conformity. Just like initially when North Star tried to hide her brightness because she mistakenly thought every star should shine the same brightness. In many cases people are brainwashed by the massive influence of social norm and social conformity. People are almost always very unique from one another, but because social norm is such a massive force that people sometimes mistaken it as their truth identity or the accepted way to be. People mistook the conventionally accepted norm as the character of oneself because that one person is bombarded with outside information daily. So to find oneself one needs to not look outward for the true identity of oneself so to avoid mistaking conventional norm as one self’’s true identity, but to look inward to discover and find the true self. It is at this very moment when one finds true identity of oneself a star is born. Just like when North Star mistakenly found out how she could really help others when she shines her true brightness. It is then she gathered enough courage to be her true self and show her true identity. After all a star is deemed to be different. After all if a star is so mundane and ordinary like everybody else how could it ever shine? So remember to find yourself, accept and embrace your uniqueness. Discover the star in you, be daring to show your true identity regardless of how unique it maybe and be the start that you are.