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To quote Timothy Keller “To be loved but not known is comforting but superficial. To be known and not loved is our greatest fear. But to be fully known and truly loved is, well, a lot like being loved by God. It is what we need more than anything. It liberates us from pretense, humbles us out of our self-righteousness, and fortifies us for any difficulty life can throw at us.” In society there has always been a fight against the norm and those who seek to live in a place that is beyond the status quo. The few are often persecuted by and hated for having the audacity to believe beyond the things that they are supposed to be allowed to do, think, feel, and be. As Keller points out we all crave love but the way that we go about achieving these things is what helps to define our character and our society. When people fight the system they have equally chosen dexterity and isolation. This choice is one that is necessary to the worlds progression. As we look back at history we see that people who have allowed themselves to look beyond the most basic commonly heals beliefs we also see the innovators and the pioneers who made our lives possible. People who dared to ask if we could be, do, and feel more than the people of our time believed was real or possible.

With this level of dedication to evolution beyond the things that we collectively believe comes a sort of  hope and aspiration to help others to reach the highs that they are capable of even though they may meet your evolutionary thought and individuality with scorn and hatred that has been birthed in fear. To know your audience is to win them in the sense that an individual that possesses elevated thought is also one that can meet those in their lives with a unique brand of affection and reliability that allows those who have long feared their own existence to live into who they were meant to be. If we look at the best orators and activists though they felt and thought in a way that was vastly different from the norm they were capable of understanding the position of the vast majority and consequently relating their call to the masses to the masses. For example, Martin Luther King had a great love for the people that he knew and those he hoped would someday live beyond the struggle of their fathers. King’s relation to his audience allowed him to fast track the civil rights movement.

Never be afraid to live outside of the bubble. Sometimes the norm just is not working and will never be good enough for and extraordinary individual who could be so much more than they are in the moment.