Of square pegs in circular holes

"A story is told of a world full of round pegs who lived in round houses and fitted neatly into round holes in round lives. Occasionally though two round pegs would produce a square peg. The square peg would get frustrated trying to live in those round houses or fit into those round lives and drive their round cars. So the square pegs in order to fit in with the crowd would squeeze and re-size and reshape themselves to fit into the norm. However, rumour has it that a few square pegs did what no other peg had done before and instead of fitting in, created their own square holes and dared any other peg to criticize. Apparently these pegs were the envy of all pegs the world over and more so other square pegs who decided to fit in with the round pegs."

If you are a lucky round peg like myself, you have come across a square peg. Some one who sees further than you, thinks such things that most would think impossible, talks about things you can't even begin to comprehend. These lucky square pegs do not conform to society's expectations and rarely follow the usual path laid. They are extremely brilliant and unfortunately are the most unemployable people in society.

Square pegs discovered fire, invented the wheel, created microsoft, programmed facebook, created the engine, invented the bungee chord, discovered sliced bread, etc, etc. They are not many but they do live among us. In their young age, I hear people called them weird because they would day dream all day about a time when they would try out new and wonderful inventions. They hate employment because it restricts their creativity and impedes their thought process. Every time they see something, they try to fit it into their plans and not the other way round.

Some square pegs are smaller than others but in whatever capacity, they still break the mould they were born in. They want to discover if there is something beyond the horizon and more often than not they find it. And because they dare to create their own square holes, they live lives we can only imagine in our wildest dreams. Some we know, some we will only ever hear about. If you are thinking you are a square peg as you read this, I hate to disappoint you. You, just like me, can only wish to have been born that enlightened. Square pegs know themselves from very early on. They don't brag about it, they are mainly loners and would do what they do not for money or fame but for the sheer thrill. Without them we'd all still be living in caves and dying off in winter. Thank a square peg today.