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I saw a youtube video of an 18 year old girl who is addressing her graduating high school class (valedictory address).
There was something that she said which i really liked.
She said that being a rebel is not about breaking existing rules ... but rather, in making new rules.
Breaking existing rules is easy, and is no great shakes. Anybody can be unruly, rude and disobedient.
But if you are making new rules, that is something really hard and something respect-worthy. If you can get other people to follow those new rules, then you are truly a rebel đź‘Źđź‘Ź. Rebellious is then a positive word.
I sometimes feel that anandi will have to learn this -- it seems all her existing efforts are focused on breaking established rules and conventions -- but not in making new rules.
Anupamaa
