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Being inquisitive is a good thing. It shows interest and an eagerness to learn.

To show an appreciation for something new or different is a good thing too. It also shows interest and an eagerness to learn. But more importantly, it shows a willingness to include all things deemed valuable.

Seeking validation from and blind loyalty to people, places, and things that do not show you direct favor or provide you direct benefit shows extreme desperation. It shows a lack of intelligence and a lack of self-respect.

A more subtle example of this is the attempt to look or act like someone else.

The result is the very same and all of it shows that you do not know yourself.

There is a difference between you trying to look your best and you trying to look like someone who looks nothing like you.

There is a difference between you learning things that refine your style and you mimicking someone who has very little in common with you.

There is a difference between you adding value to yourself by being a better you and you adding value to someone else with your impossible attempts to not be you.

Who, of any value whatsoever, prefers an imitation over the real thing?

The world is watching.

You show us how much you value or do not value yourself.

It is not always someone else who devalues you and those like you.

You have a mind. You have an identity. You have a culture.

When you value yourself, you uplift your value.

You celebrate you.

And you always keep yourself in the best light.