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It is so true that people look at what is on the outside and not what is on the inside of a person, which is why there is so much racism and prejudice in the world today.  The ones who make their voices heard the most, I believe, are the most insecure, dissatisfied people on earth.  They obviously have miserable lives and as such tend to take it out on those who they see as misfits, or outcasts in order to make themselves feel good.  Most of the world's history is built on the perceptions of biased people who believe they are above the norm.  I have lived my whole life being different although you would think it if you saw me.  I did things differently, saw things differently and as such was treated differently.  I have a good friend, who is gay, and now I am classed as being gay as well.  Gays are people too, they just have a different sexual preference to most.  I have family members who belong to the Mongrel Mob and the Black Power.  My ex used to be a Highway 61.  That was the choices they made, but that did not stop them from being my family.  The way I see it, if I want to be like everyone else, then I will behave just like the rest of the narrow minded conservative know-alls...but I am not!   I am different.  I cannot help it if I have a presence that draws all to me.  It is not something I have worked at it is something that comes from within.  Living life with no true friends has been difficult, but at the end of it all, I am the one who is happiest, for I am who I was meant to be, and love the fact that I am multi-talented regardless of the jealousies I must face from those around me.  I believe the greatest thing that I taught my children was this,  "even if they treat you badly, don't do the same.  Its not worth it.  At the end of the day they are the ones who are unhappy.  Instead pray for them to find peace within themselves so they can know what life is truly like."  It has been hard even for my children who were always picked on and branded with whatever brush was painted, because I was their mother.  I did not do anything except for the one thing that will always cause others to stumble.  I do not follow the sheep but instead follow what is right and true and pure for me and the health and wellbeing of my family, thus I stand apart...