Imitate.......

Word of the Day......

Imitate.....v.tn,......have the same characteristics as.....

Is it wrong to IMITATE someone?  Well, I think the answer can be yes and no.  We can imitate in a hurtful manner and it is wrong.  There are some people who imitate for a living.  We've all seen them on TV and for the most part it is harmless and some are rather amazingly accurate.  Then there are those who do it for other reasons.  They do it to insult.  Maybe someone imitates someone else to make fun of or to cause embarrassment.  That is clearly wrong.  But let's think about imitating someone we admire in a less than obvious manner.  We all do it.  Maybe you like someone's style of dress, so you imitate that....maybe you see a haircut and you take a picture of it to your hairdresser and ask for a similar style.  When we cook a recipe from the Food Network, we are hoping to imitate the outcome.  So clearly there is wrong and right way to imitate.  A famous saying is 'Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery'.  That's true to some degree.  But when we let our lives be overruled by trying to be like someone else, we lose.  When we become 'WANNABE'S' we miss out on so much that God has give to only us.  We are each made up of traits and personality and talents that are uniquely our own. They are mixed and mingled in a very individual way.  I hope we can each recognize this and fine tune ourselves to be ourselves.....not to control our lives by IMITATING someone else.  You are You.......Live It!!