A Poem About Being Different

A POEM ABOUT BEING DIFFERENT

Dr. Seuss once said (and there’s no doubt)

“Why fit in when you were born to stand out?”

But of course, that’s something that’s easy to say

When you’re already famous for doing things your way

I wonder, did he say that back in the day

When he was young and still trying to find his own way?

Did he say it when he was feeling alone

With no one to talk or call on the phone?

Because when we’re young, we want to fit in

And then when we’re older, we want that again

No one wants to stick out like he was a sore thumb

We feel like an oddball, goofy or dumb

It’s no fun to be different, it’s no fun at all

And that’s true whether we’re big or we’re small

But if it’s the case that you’re feeling that way

Here’s something that might help, it might make your day

Jesus was different from the day he was born

And I’ll bet sometimes he felt a little lost or forlorn

There was no one on earth like Jesus, not one

Born of a woman, but still God the Son

It had to be hard, yet he still made it through

And he told us that we need to be different, too.

To our worst enemies, we’re supposed to give love

It’s pretty hard to do that, when push comes to shove

When someone hits your right cheek, offer your left?

If someone takes your shirt, go along with the theft?

And not just go along, but give him your coat?

I don’t really like that--it gets my goat

When you say it like this, it sounds kind of nuts

But Jesus said do it, no ifs, ands, or buts

He said if we just love the folks who love us

We’re like all the others, with no need to fuss

See, anyone can love the ones who love them

Its easy to be a friend to someone who is a friend

But for those who don’t love us, can we love them, too?

After all, that’s what Jesus told us to do

But remember, God’s Spirit will help us along

And with God’s Spirit we can never go wrong

And if we should falter or stumble or fall

God’s Spirit will help us overcome it all

So dare to be different, no matter the cost

Because what we’ll gain is much more than we’ve lost

Let’s be like Jesus Christ just as much as we can

And we’ll receive our reward from the divine Son of Man