Divorcing? Be brave enough to be an idiot.
My twenty year old self is cringing right now. I am wearing a really stupid purple and pink hat. People are probably staring. They might be wondering what the hell I’m doing. I’ll tell you what I’m doing. I’m being brave enough to look like an idiot.
Remember when you were in your twenties. You’d rather have someone pull out your toenails one by one than look a little stupid. Can you recall the horror when everyone was wearing jeans to a party and you showed up in a dress? Or when someone got in your car and you had your Kenny G CD blaring? We were so afraid to be different.
Why were we so afraid just to be ourselves?
So now, I’m going to be myself. I’m going to be daring in my ridiculousness. I’ll be silly. Stupid. I might even look like a big, fat idiot. How scary is that?
I’ll go to a concert alone. Wear a matching outfit with Custard my chihuahua. And, yes, put on a stupid hat that makes me look like I might be a pinata in need of a birthday party. I’m not going to be running down the street in a clown costume mind you, but I refuse to waste anymore emotional energy worrying about how I’m perceived by other people.
So this is my Stupid Challenge: I’ll be posting pics of potentially embarrassing escapades and outfits. What about you? What silly, stupid or childish thing will you do or wear? How will you risk being ridiculed?
Ralph Waldo Emerson said it best:
“To be brave in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.”
So let’s be brave enough to look like an idiot. Are you in?
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