Today marks the beginning of a 5-part blog series of ideas on society inspired and represented by characters from the Broadway classic, Les Miserables. My first topic is Jean Valjean. "Who Am I?" isn't just a remarkable piece of music, it's a question we all ask ourselves. Who am I? Where do I fit in society? What's my type? My label? If you haven't felt this yourself, get on Facebook. Within 5 minutes you'll probably find as many instances of people going through this important conundrum. I've asked myself these same questions before, but after some pondering I've decided that it doesn't matter who you are, your societal stature, your clique, or your label. It only matters that you are who you are in that moment. You don't have to fit into a certain category in society. You are who you are and you're perfect for it. If you're with your friends and feeling on-top-of-the-world, then you're a mountain climber. If you're feeling squashed, you resemble a prisoner. If you feel unimportant, you're an imp. But what matters is that you are you and there's nobody better for you to be. You have to love yourself even when it's hard, because if you can't accept you, nobody else can either. Look at Valjean for instance. He was a pauper, then a thief, then a prisoner, then a parolee, then a fugitive, then an aristocrat, a mayor, a fugitive again, a father, a revolutionary, a father-in-law, and in the end an honest man. He had more radical change in his life than the rest of us will probably ever face. But he never stopped respecting himself. He may have asked himself "Who Am I?" but "At The End Of The Day" he said "I'm Jean Valjean" and that was good enough for him. (3 Les Mis references in one sentence isn't bad, eh?) So just like Valjean, it's time we all stop asking ourselves who we should be and start respecting ourselves for who we are in the moment.
Monday, January 26, 2015
Jean Valjean
Today marks the beginning of a 5-part blog series of ideas on society inspired and represented by characters from the Broadway classic, Les Miserables. My first topic is Jean Valjean. "Who Am I?" isn't just a remarkable piece of music, it's a question we all ask ourselves. Who am I? Where do I fit in society? What's my type? My label? If you haven't felt this yourself, get on Facebook. Within 5 minutes you'll probably find as many instances of people going through this important conundrum. I've asked myself these same questions before, but after some pondering I've decided that it doesn't matter who you are, your societal stature, your clique, or your label. It only matters that you are who you are in that moment. You don't have to fit into a certain category in society. You are who you are and you're perfect for it. If you're with your friends and feeling on-top-of-the-world, then you're a mountain climber. If you're feeling squashed, you resemble a prisoner. If you feel unimportant, you're an imp. But what matters is that you are you and there's nobody better for you to be. You have to love yourself even when it's hard, because if you can't accept you, nobody else can either. Look at Valjean for instance. He was a pauper, then a thief, then a prisoner, then a parolee, then a fugitive, then an aristocrat, a mayor, a fugitive again, a father, a revolutionary, a father-in-law, and in the end an honest man. He had more radical change in his life than the rest of us will probably ever face. But he never stopped respecting himself. He may have asked himself "Who Am I?" but "At The End Of The Day" he said "I'm Jean Valjean" and that was good enough for him. (3 Les Mis references in one sentence isn't bad, eh?) So just like Valjean, it's time we all stop asking ourselves who we should be and start respecting ourselves for who we are in the moment.
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