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