The biggest drawback and advantage of telling an original story is that it will be somewhat different everytime you tell it and only you will able to see that.
If you cannot respect other cultures then you have only arrogance for your's as well, for ignorance towards differences that we all posses is the reason behind all the hate we have and acknowledging them rather than seeing them as a barrier is necessary to have any pride in our own identity.
We all live on other's terms ...most of us never live for ourselves and that I feel is a crime, because in the process we don't just kill ourselves but begin resenting those we live for and in the end we are left with nothing but an empty shell of a person we used to be.
One of the most precious things in our lives are those arms we can fall apart into without any fear of judgement and stay there for as long as we need.