Hip To Be Square

I was chatting online with a friend of mine who I haven't spoken to for a while, and they asked me what was new. I wrote, "I'm workin out most every day," which made me laugh because it's a line from a great song: Hip To Be Square by Heuy Lewis & the News.
I want to share that song here (I wonder how often I am breaking copywrite laws on my blog?)

I used to be a renegade,
I used to fool around
But I couldn't take the punishment,
and had to settle down
Now I'm playing it real straight,
and yes I cut my hair

You might think I'm crazy,
but I don't even care
Because I can tell what's going on
It's hip to be square

I like my bands in business suits,
I watch them on TV
I'm working out 'most everyday
And watching what I eat

They tell me that it's good for me,
but I don't even care
I know that it's crazy
I know that it's nowhere
But there is no denying that
It's hip to be square

It's not too hard to figure out,
You see it everyday
And those that were the farthest out
Have gone the other way
You see them on the freeway,
It don't look like a lot of fun
But don't you try to fight it;
"An idea who's time has come."

Don't tell me that I'm crazy
Don't tell me I'm nowhere
Take it from me
It's hip to be square

There's definitely something to be said about being "square". I really used to love this song because I used to have long hair, and wouldn't really care much about anything; but, then I cut my hair and started getting into shape - just like the beginning of this song. Made me laugh at myself, but it also made me see that being different from the masses - or even going a direction that most didn't think was 'cool' - is often a more rewarding path. In fact, I've developed a general rule for my life that I quite often follow: Look what everyone else is doing, or where they're going, and do/go something/where different.
It's not necessarily doing the opposite - I find that the vast majority aren't completely wrong. We just seem to have difficulty thinking for ourselves, so we just go with the flow. And, I'm not sure if you've noticed how 'flow' goes... it takes the path of least resistance, which isn't always the shortest, quickest, most rewarding, etc.

Something to ponder....