Normal is A Matter of Perspective

Ever since I was kid, I’ve been told that I’m weird or odd or not normal. Or, really, any variation of that. So I tried my hardest to “fit in.” But the question we should all be asking ourselves is, “what is normal?” Because the raw truth is that normal is a matter of perspective.

Start of It All

I am the first person to admit I spent years of my life trying to “fit in.”

Think about it. How much time have you wasted trying to reign in your weird? Or trying to fit in with the generic population? The reality is we all have wasted so much time trying to assimilate.

I’ve often wondered where society’s standards of “normal” come from. I’m sure we could get into a long philosophical discussion about this. My simple answer is it’s the limitations that groups in power laid out as a way to confine and hold us back.

That’s not exactly a “simple” explanation, but it’s the best one I’ve come up with thus far.

It’s About Perspective

Real talk: there’s no such thing as weird or normal. Both are societal constructs.

So, truly, normal is a matter of perspective.

Normal is just what society tells us is “acceptable” so that we fall in line. That’s it.

Nothing more.

Nothing less.

Embrace Your Weird

I have some questions for you. Questions I’ve been asking myself over the past couple of years as I’ve begun to embrace my weird.

What boxes have you confined yourself in because it’s what expected or deemed normal?

How have you dulled your personality to fit in?

If you didn’t give a fuck about what other’s think of you, what would you actually be doing?

What would it look like if you tore down those walls and allowed yourself to live?

We’re all weird. We just need to embrace it.