If we all start wearing the same clothes, thinking,
talking and behaving in the exact same way, life will no longer be as
interesting as it is now. Why would anyone want to live in a world like that? Why
would anyone waste their time and energy in trying as hard as possible to
be normal?[i]
Diversity is such an incredible thing…Even though we
can’t all be friends with one another. That doesn’t mean we can’t accept, and
embrace our differences since this is what makes us all unique.
Life is beautiful because of the diversity present all
around us…Not because of the many people who are constantly trying to act as
normal as possible. Just so they won’t be noticed, judged and
criticized by others. So here is why you should no longer care about being
normal:
1.
To be normal is to be insane- Think about it. Who in their right minds would walk through life without
questioning their own beliefs…that were handed down to them by their
parents, their teachers… friends, mass media, etc.
Without questioning their way of thinking; they
think at thirty, forty, seventy the same way they were thinking when they were twenty
years old. Not realizing the impact thoughts have on their level of
happiness without questioning their normal behavior and…what life is
really all about.
“Normal
is not something to aspire to, it’s something to get away from.” [iii]
2.
It takes great courage to be different - “When will you understand that being normal
isn’t necessarily a virtue? It rather denotes a lack of courage.”[iv]
It takes
courage to step outside the norms and be different. It takes courage to say no
to the so called normal.
[You should] just embrace your real essence [so you
can] embrace who you really are deep down inside. Be yourself without the fear of being judged, labeled and
criticized by those around you.
3. To be normal is the ideal aim of
the unsuccessful
Great things can only be
achieved by those who let go of the need to label themselves
as being normal. [It is done] by those who have the courage to step away from
the crowd and embrace their uniqueness.
There’s no need to pretend
you’re normal anymore since normal is not [necessarily] something to aspire to,
but rather something you need to heal yourself from.
“I
sometimes ask myself how it came about that I was the one to develop the theory
of relativity. The reason, I think, is that a normal adult never stops to think
about problems of space and time. These are things which he has thought about
as a child.” [vii]
4.
To be different is a real adventure - Normal people don’t have much fun since they are so
busy doing the things normal people do, [which is] worrying about the many
things normal people worry. [They stress] about the many things normal people
stress about.
It’s so liberating to just be who you want to
be, and live your life according to your own rules… [These are] not the
rules of [others] (without hurting anyone in the process of course).
5.
Uniqueness requires imagination - It is quite easy to be normal, everybody can do it but it takes great
courage, skills, imagination and creativity to be different from the rest of
the world and trust me, the world needs more people like that, the world is
thirsty for uniqueness.[ix]
“For
me, insanity is super sanity. The normal is psychotic. Normal means lack of
imagination, lack of creativity.”[x]
[i] An
“exotic beauty” is a term usually applied to a woman who is regarded as
beautiful, despite the fact that her looks are not typical of those considered
to be beautiful in the speaker's culture.
[ii] Quote by Judy
Garland
[iii] Quote
by Jodie Foster
[iv] Quote by Unknown
[v] Quote by Dr. Seuss
[vi] Quote by Carl
Gustav Jung
[vii] Quote
by Albert Einstein
[viii]
Quote by Helen Keller
[x] Quote by Jean
Dubuffet
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