Normal…

The other day I was at the nail salon and an old lady with pink hair and green nails came to sit next to me. She glanced at the cover of the book I was reading called ‘The Art of Being Normal’ and said “never be normal; normal is boring”. Now, these words kept coming into my head throughout the day for two main reasons.

Firstly, I often don’t like to use the word ‘never’, because it is a word that sounds foreboding and  is too vast a word to be used. You don’t know whether in the future, your life will be different and all of the ‘nevers’ will turn out to happen. But, I thought that the way the lady put it was right and a rare occasion when the word never can be used.

Also, when I was thinking about what the lady said, I began to ask myself what is normal? I think that in society we generalise the term normal as being vaguely pretty, kind of clever and not having any serious issues, but really, we all have our own interpretations of the word normal. Personally, I don’t think that normal exists and I also don’t believe that someone can be classified as normal.

Often, the feeling of being ‘normal’ as in just fitting straight into the world brings a feeling of comfort and safety to people as they are just doing what is expected in society; not standing out and acting similarly to everyone else, but it is actually more important to be yourself, no matter if other people make it out that you are not ‘normal’, because in the end, being ‘normal’ will not matter. What is the point anyway? If this is our only life, then wouldn’t you want to stand out and make a mark on the world by not just following everyone else.

So I think that the lady at the nail salon was right when she told me that normal is boring, and we could all try being a bit less ‘normal’.

see you soon.

Gxx

p.s. the art of being normal is and amazing book…

go and check it out@ :

http://www.foyles.co.uk/witem/childrens/the-art-of-being-normal,lisa-williamson-9781910200520

Loving yourself…

The world has turned into a place full of labels. There are so many images of what a ‘beautiful’ girl is, but really, what we don’t realise is that we must stop hating everything that we are not, and start loving everything that we are. Everyone on this planet is different, so there is just no point in trying to find perfection, because the most perfect you can be is yourself.

Loving yourself may be the hardest thing that you’ll ever have to do, but if you don’t love yourself, how will you ever know what you deserve, what you want or who you are. We can’t just expect other people to love us so we may as well love ourselves.

Even though loving yourself may seem like a massive step forwards for many of us, it is actually just a small pace. What I mean is that if we start loving ourselves, everything else will fall into place. This will lead to accomplishing our dreams and having greater happiness, when we realise that the main person we are trying to impress is ourselves.

Now, when I say ‘love yourself’, I am not talking about over confidence, although loving yourself can lead to better confidence, but it is not at all selfish. Loving yourself simply means to discover your personal courage, self-respect, integrity and self-esteem, which are all fundamental qualities we should all have.

You are the only person who you can entirely know, who can love you whenever you want to be loved, and who sees exactly what you see, so we must all stop worrying about what other people think, as all that really matters is how you feel. We must stop setting out  boundaries  for ourselves, and just have fun. Having fun is the key to love, so do what makes you smile to make you love yourself.

See you soon.

Gxx