In Every Family, There Is Always One
Dec. 21st, 2009 12:20 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
wlotusMany families have at least one person who is the "black sheep". People usually say that person doesn't fit in with the other, upstanding family members. But sometimes a person is labeled a "black sheep" because they refuse to follow the lines of dysfunction, because they refuse to turn a blind eye to hypocrisy, and because they refuse to apologize for their refusal.
In those cases, the "black sheep" is really the most sane person in the bunch. The others simply feel too threatened to admit it.
I am being cryptic, because telling more of the story that inspired these musings would require telling stories that are not mine to tell. But my mind is clearer tonight than it has been for some time. It is apparent to me that it is far more important to live an honest, healthy life than it is to fit in, especially when fitting in comes at the price of one's soul. I am not the first or only one to have made that choice, and I tip my hat in gratitude to the others. I am in very, very good company.
In those cases, the "black sheep" is really the most sane person in the bunch. The others simply feel too threatened to admit it.
I am being cryptic, because telling more of the story that inspired these musings would require telling stories that are not mine to tell. But my mind is clearer tonight than it has been for some time. It is apparent to me that it is far more important to live an honest, healthy life than it is to fit in, especially when fitting in comes at the price of one's soul. I am not the first or only one to have made that choice, and I tip my hat in gratitude to the others. I am in very, very good company.
