The Different Drum

The Different Drum
While already possessing the desire to save everyone from their problems, after reading this book, I felt compelled to send everyone I knew a copy. I’ve had a hard time telling people how wonderful the second chapter made me feel. I wish it were required in more classes. While everyone is a victim of conformity, I have always tried my hardest to accept the things that make me different from everyone else. So often, we have a hard time accepting the things about ourselves that we don’t like, or the hard times that we go through because we seem to be the only one going through it. I realized after reading this that it is not only our looks and personalities that make us different from everyone else, but also our experiences; good or bad. I believe that if everyone would be more accepting of others negative qualities we would learn to accept those things better. This seems to be the first, but unspoken step to being a community – accepting others and ...