‘The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. To be your own man is a hard business. If you try it, you’ll be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself.’
Rudyard Kipling
It is challenging to go against the grain of society. If you are ambitious and set your aims high you are at huge risk of being ostracised and laughed at. It is difficult to keep the voices of negative naysayers out, but if the ambition pays off you will have the massive privilege of being your own person - something rare because people often dare not take the risk.