John the Baptist was weird.
No matter what time frame or setting you place him, he was weird. The best visual I can come up with is Captain Caveman. The Bible says that he wore clothes made of camel hair. It never says this of anyone else, so it must have been weird. He had a diet of locusts and wild honey. Anyone who eats bugs is weird. There are too many chickens and cows running around to be eating bugs. He preached in the desert. Most preachers I know go to cities to preach because there are people there. Not John the Baptist, he goes to the desert.
The oddest thing started to happen. Someone heard him. They told someone else who told another. Before you know it, he has this group of people showing up to hear him preach.
Since they obviously didn’t get how weird he was yet, he insisted that they let him dunk them under water. And they did. By the droves, people showed up and let John baptize them in the Jordan River.
John was the forerunner of Jesus. He said himself that he came to prepare the way for the Lord. And in so doing, he helped change the world.
What did he do that mattered?
He knew why he was here. He was here to spread a message.
He didn’t let anyone or anything stop him. Did he have naysayers? Absolutely. How did it affect him or his message? It didn’t at all. Eventually it would lead to his beheading. He still said what he needed to say.
He didn’t conform to anyone’s image or model. He was true to himself and the God who created him.
He didn’t live for himself. He lived for God and for his cousin for whom he was preparing the way. He lived to serve others.
Learning to filter out the noise of the world and the opinions of everyone in it is essential to making a difference.
Joel Stiff's Adventure 
John the Baptist is a prime example of a life of self-denial, instead of a carnally minded self-fullfillment attitude.He went all out for Jesus and was willing to be uncomfortable in doing so.