QUOTE : STAY AN ORIGINAL WORK OF ART<br /><br />In this short lifetime,<br />Why not be --<br />True to your own voice,<br />Your own story,<br />Your own truths,<br />Your own style,<br />Beat and drum --<br />Instead of reflect the words,<br />Songs and march of another?<br />Why not use your soul's own<br />Unique language,<br />Instead of constantly try to toot something<br />Not true, suitable or intended<br />For your own instrument,<br />Painting,<br />Song,<br />Or story?<br /><br />Why create an image you cannot produce?<br />And if you can create a brilliant mask,<br />How long will you really be able to hide your true soul<br />Behind it<br />Until its colors and plastic<br />Begin to fade and melt with<br />Time?<br /><br />Do not speak about truth when there is no truth in you.<br />Do not speak about being yourself when you are trying hard to be someone else.<br />Do not keep crying about your pain when you you have no shame creating pain in others.<br />Do not step on truth, or someone else's truth, or someone who fights for truth --<br />And think there will be no repercussions;<br />For there is more danger in silence,<br />And for every action there will always be a reaction<br />Of opposite or equal measure.<br /><br />Treasure integrity,<br />Treasure your own story and truths.<br />How will people remember you when you want to be an imitation?<br />How will people remember your voice when you want to sound like another?<br />Be so different that everybody will remember you.<br />Be yourself because an original is worth more than a copy.<br />Be true to yourself or your heart will never forgive you;<br />For once you silence the music from your own instrument,<br />Your true purpose and intended path will begin to fade.<br />There is no greater crime<br />Than ignoring your conscience<br />And the truths intended<br />For you to live, learn,<br />And share.<br />So<br />Stay<br />TRUE<br />to YOU<br />In everything<br />You do.<br />That itself is the purest<br />And truest<br />Art.