reasons to be crazy

[etoiline]

here's to the crazy ones.
the misfits
the rebels
the troublemakers
the round pegs in the square holes
the ones who see things differently
they're not fond of rules
and they have no respect for the status quo
you can praise them, disagree with them, quote them,
disbelieve them, glorify or vilify them.
about the only thing you can't do is ignore them.
because they change things.
they invent. they imagine. they heal.
they explore. they create. they inspire.
they push the human race forward.
maybe they're crazy.
how else can you stare at an empty canvas and see a work of art?
or sit in silence and hear a song that's never been written?
or gaze at a red planet and see a laboratory on wheels?
while some see them as the crazy ones,
I see genius.
because the people who are crazy enough to think
they can change the world, are the ones who do.

(from a guy on the track team's im profile. deep, eh? not quite what I expected from him.)