Does doing what society says lead to a life of hell?

[momopi]

Quoting one of my lady friends, there are 3 types of people: grass, tree, and cloud.
Grass types are happy when they find a nice sunny field to plant their roots.
Cloud types are more fickle, they change shape and move with the wind. They're happy when they're moving to new and exciting places.
Tree types plant their roots, but can grow tall into the sky. They can understand grass and cloud, but belong to neither.
If you find yourself in the sky as a cloud, looking down and wondering how all the grass can stand being rooted down, you should probably consider that they're looking up and wondering how you could stand being blown around by the wind.

This is a great analogy. Is this a Chinese proverb? Who came up with it?

Taiwanese girl in the blue dress to the right.

[Contrarian Expatriate]

Please define "doing what society says." If you mean just following the laws, then no. But if you mean follow the script of marriage, kids, wage slavery, and bowing down to feminist hegemony, then YES, YES, YES!!!!!!!!