WHAT IS NORMAL?
Being ‘different’ has so many assumptions and judgments attached to it. I don’t
understand how there could be a definition for ‘normal’ because each and every
one of us is different in so many wonderful ways.
We all look different, act and re-act differently to situations; have different opinions about things because it’s our birthright to be able to make choices based upon our feelings, likes and dislikes. Life changes a person, day by day—that’s called
evolution and nothing can stop evolution.
If life changes people day by day, how could there be a ‘normal’ then?
Let’s look at the dictionary’s definition of ‘normal’. It states online, that the
meaning of ‘normal’ is: Conforming to the standard or the common type; usual;
not abnormal (from the standard); regular; natural. (2) Serving to establish a
standard.
Well now, since we know there can’t possibly be a real ‘normal’ and standards
and norms are changing all the time; then it must be true that cultures and societies, who operate from this above definition, must be in a constant state of trying
to seek to establish a standard; never arriving at what will ever be the one
‘NATURAL’ normal.
Why then do we as a society, alienate another simply
because they don’t fit what a group says is normal…
there is nothing ‘NATURAL’ about that.
People make different choices, due to their different
circumstances. Most people have different opinions
about some things; these differences are generally
based on one’s past experiences, and their prior
knowledge.