One of my favorite Christmas stories is Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer. It is a Christmas story about being different. Rudolph's glowing red nose, a shameful feature that had to be kept hidden from Santa, ended up saving Christmas.
Our magical time as children, when we experience life flowing and openly, ends abruptly when we compare ourselves with others. "Am I like everybody else?". This is the precise moment when our early childhood ends. In the movie, Rudolph's childhood, unfortunately, was only a few seconds long.
Buying into social definitions marks the beginning of our the lifelong endeavor of creating an acceptable front to the world. Somewhere along this process, our true self may get buried under an avalanche of convention. Developing a persona is an important step in growing up, but if in the process we lose our connection with our core, we are in trouble. This is where our energy, creativity and joy for life reside as well. The further away our persona is from our true self, the harder our life will be.
In this process of developing a persona that reflects who you really are, nothing beats the company of open minded, clever people that have done this before. Nothing is more toxic than the influence of people that severed their own connection. My advise to you, hone your skills, treasure your uniqueness and remember that saving Christmas could be up to you someday.
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