It took me years to understand

It took me years to understand that looking different from others is not a bad thing because just as a cactus plant may not be beautiful to look at, and being prickly always harms others. So it does not mean that he is bad, but its prickly nature protects the soft part hidden inside it from getting damaged. Its whole life is written to remain the object of hatred of others and no person would like to live like his life and this is what makes him different.