a seabird once told me,

"aren't we all just people who share the same experiences? we eat, we sleep, we breathe. why do we allow ourselves to become boxed in to what society tells us to do, tells us is cool. somewhere along the way-it happens. maybe if we stopped worrying so much about ourselves maybe the world would be a better place. Maybe I'm just ultralistic but I believe that we should be able to get along. Why does it have to happen?"

-quoted from a particularly inspiring lecture from my english teacher.