Growing up these days is a hard thing to do. Especially during these times when materialism and shallowness are at their respective peaks.
When I was growing up as a child, I find that being just myself is not an easy thing to do but my parents gave me courage to be different and to be the way I was and the way I am now. They never believed that I should be like everyone else (save for the stellar results when it comes to examinations). They think it is important for me to be creative and to do things differently so long as I get the end results right. I am thankful for my parents' profound way of guiding me as such school of thought prompted me to be creative and opinionated.
I have always, in some way, been able to stand up against everyone who has something to say about me. I don't succumb to their thoughts. I guess I was born a rebel.
Just like how I wore that pair of shiny silver bow heels for my LLB graduation and how I wore that pair of dark purple gem studded heels for my mass call ceremony without caring two hoots about what others have to say. These are celebratory moments to me and what better way to express my happiness through my heels!
Some said I lack respect for the judges / court and some others said I am not treating my call to the bar a serious event.
I do respect judges and court decorum. The thing I must highlight is, I am not appearing before any judge / court to make any submission. I mean, when I was going through advocacy classes in court, I wore the proper black court shoes. Those were the times I understood court decorum must be observed.
But for my own celebratory moments, should I seriously be wearing those black boring court shoes when the judge won't even be looking at my feet?
You see, the world is full of people who enjoy telling you what you should do or what you ought to do so that you will end up like most of everyone else. But if you are like me and don't wish to be like most of everyone else, you will do things your way whenever it is possible to do so without flouting law or decorum that should be observed.
Further, somethings are not right just because everyone is doing it. In fact, it is often those times when you find yourself believing in a particular course of action and refusing to adhere to what the majority believes in makes you a lotus sitting in its purity above the mud!
Sometimes, we just need to believe in ourselves and learn how to appreciate our unique minds and thoughts and stand up for these thoughts to be the next big thing!
