Everyone was a chameleon

Hattie 2022-12-12 01:59:44

The Biography of Xi Li. Sharp enough.
And it hit on a source of inferiority that I've been lingering with for a long time: a person with no opinions.
As Zelig improved, he began to give his opinion on outside information. The interviewee said that although his views could not be regarded as brilliant, he at least had his own. This is a good thing. He no longer changes his identity and adapts to the environment because of the crowd around him. He has an independent personality and has nothing to do with other people.
In an overly diverse world, different voices bury their own. But we cannot be born with a unique view of the world in our mouths. All the so-called viewpoints that we now hold firmly as the meaning and principles of life are the result of being a chameleon and then recovering.
So the chameleon process is something we all have to go through. We need to occasionally pretend to be who we want to be and feel what it's like to be in it. Need to passively accept more and lose yourself.
Smith said: If you are going to write a poem or a song, every word of yours should be your own, not plagiarized or borrowed.
But who hasn't borrowed it before it came into its own? Even something as individual as rock can't avoid the process of imitating, disappearing, and finally being reborn.
The important thing is to change and try more colors, cherish the chameleon period, and when you are healed, you are just yourself.

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  • House-Painting Victim: He painted my house a disgusting color. He said he was a painter. I couldn't believe the results. Then he disappeared.

  • Leonard Zelig: I would like to apologize to everyone. I... I'm awfully sorry for, for marrying all those women. It just, I don't know, it just seemed like the thing to do.