D I V E R G E N T (23)

 D I V E R G E N T

Moving away from what is expected. Or, a popular Young-Adult Dystopian book series by Veronica Roth. Either it is found to be used instead of saying the word different. Yet they don’t seem to hold the same meanings. 

To be different is to be unlike something or unrelated to someone else. Yet to be divergent is more to push a boundary so to speak. Fight for what you believe in more than just allowing yourself to be different from someone else. As if it could be dangerous to be too different but also to be too alike. 

To me, divergence is more that you push the boundaries to see how far you could get. What is a decision that you made for someone else because they pushed that on you? Almost everyone can name a time when this has happened at least once. And if you found yourself, pushing away and unfolding from that pressure being built; that can be what it means to be divergent. 

The smallest of boundary changes can have an impact. Even if you don’t believe them to have one. Like wearing regular jeans to work instead of black ones under a dress code. Or using a different font for an essay in school when you know it is supposed to be Times New Roman. Push those boundaries and move away from being the same.

“I’m Divergent-- I am whatever I choose to be.” --Veronica Roth

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