by Wayne Leon Learmond

Created on: October 22, 2010   Last Updated: October 25, 2010

Those who do not conform to society are on the edges of society. They are the ones who are on the outside looking in. They are the ones who, although they have to live by the law of the land are, at the same time, outside the law. Those who do not conform are looked upon and considered as strange, as not to be trusted, and in many cases, as sub-human in some way. Yet, who has the real freedom when it comes to conforming or not?

Those who conform to a society are, in the main, regimented and ingrained within that society. In every civilization, every society, there have to be leaders [government] and those who will follow [citizens.] In theory, the leaders set the laws and the standards to which we all have to adhere. But in many incidents, it is 'do as we say, not as we do.' Many times our 'leaders' are caught with their trousers down, so to speak. in embarrassing events that are played out to the rest of us on TV, the radio, the national press, and the Internet.

But, overall, we all follow blindly like sheep. We all may believe that we have free will to do whatever we so choose in life. But do we have free will in today's society? Until many people sit down and think about this, then they will say yes, little realizing that they are only part of the herd, one of the sheep that blindly follows the others and meekly accepts whatever laws government [our leaders] issues for us.

Many believe that if they conform, their lives will not be as difficult as those who do not conform. But is that really the case? It seems that those who are ingrained within society do not know any better, They rush here and there, working constantly, trying to keep a roof over their head and put bread on the table.

The pressure within society to be everything that society tells us we should be can be too much to bear for some, so suicide rates shoot up and families break down. Imagery plays an enormous part in society, as within society, imagery is everything. Shallowness, rather than depth and substance, will always be the order of the day in today's society.

However much we try to obey the laws of society, and the pressures that society can bring, there is a certain inevitability about it all. People are miserable, gray, tired, and worn. They are sick of the mounting pressures put upon them; sick of working long hours for little pay; sick of obeying the law when the law is nowhere to be seen for them when they may need it the most. Yet, step outside the barriers of society and one

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