As I rode the el last night home from the Grant Park Music Festival, I began to people watch. It was probably the only thing keeping me sane while riding a crowded train back home. I began to look at all the young people who were wearing all the latest fashions. Everyone was trying to out cool each other. Men and women alike were fashioned-up to the max with the latest style of haircuts, clothing, shoes, and accessories. What trumped it all even more was this tool of a man, who while yapping on his cell phone pulls out his Mac laptop.
In the midst of all this overwhelming coolness was an older gentleman, a Richard Dreyfus look-a-like, who wasn’t trying to be hip or be noticed, but was just normal. As I began to ponder on that I began to realize that not all these young cool people were really cool, but in fact the older gentleman on the train was the coolest person among us.
Sometimes being trendy and cool is not about the latest and greatest, but about being yourself. It’s hard to come by today as everyone is trying to out-do each other and have the latest greatest thing. In the midst of it all though not being hung-up on the latest and greatest makes you more unique, trendy, and cool.
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