Right in the middle of this great Blog post, “How to Eliminate the Echo Chamber and Add New Dimensions to Your Blog” Darren Rowse of ProBlogger writes some words that caught my eye.
He writes, “Create, don’t regurgitate.”
I couldn’t say it any better. Too many people are regurgitating. Bloggers do it all the time, the News Media is all about it, and by heck there seems to be an epidemic of up-chuck going on the social media sites.
Doesn’t anyone have the huevos to be original? Why is it that we think that the only way to make a statement is if we re-make someone else’s statement?
It’s starting to make me sick. If I see another Paris Hilton wannabe I’m going to regurgitate. Come on people, get with the program.
Don’t you get it? You are the original item. You are a unique flavor all your own. You have within you the power to create creations that only you can create.
There is not one single human on this earth that has your unique shape, size, characteristics, talents, personality, background, temperament, imagination, or dreams.
You’re holding out on us – why don’t you let us see the magic that is you?
It never ceases to amaze me why so many people are trying to be like the celebrities. We already have Brittney, and Madonna, and I think that one Michael Jackson is quite enough – thank you very much.
We need you. We need to see you in all your wonderful splendor. We want you.
So as Darren so well said, and I repeat without hesitation, “Create, don’t regurgitate.”
