Normal is Overrated

nor·mal [nawr-muhl] 

–adjective 

conforming to the standard or the common type; usual; notabnormal; regular; natural.

Normal.

Normalcy.

Synonyms: average, commonplace, traditional.

Antonyms: Me

What is normal? Like, what is it really??

Is it following the same pattern as those before you? 

Is it being a follower, like every self-esteem boosting campaign tells you not to be?

I can tell you what it is.

Normal is not questioning the world around you, even if you're questions are beyond other's comprehension.

Normal is not dancing around your room in mismatched sweats, socks, and a t-shirt, singing along with a hair brush for a mic.

Normal is not making faces at your friend over vchat for an hour,  saying nothing and giggling at everything.

Normal is not me.

weird [weerd]

–adjective

involving or suggesting the supernatural; unearthly or uncanny; fantastic; bizarre; abnormal.

Weird.

Abnormal.

Synonyms: awe-inspiring, odd, Asha.

Antonyms: regular, usual, normal.

Why does everyone emphasize being normal? We don't even know what normal is!

Nobody is normal.

Nobody.

We all have our weird quirks, but isn't that what makes us normal?

Does anyone really want to be "normal"? Want to be predictable, routine, standard?

Because that would make you abnormal.

In all actuality normal is weird and weird is normal.

I want you to say it out loud:

Normal is weird. Weird is normal.

Everyone is weird because no two people are alike.

That's what makes us all work so well together.

We compliment one another.

We are all a little weird and life's a little weird. When we find someone whose weirdness is compatible with ours, we join up with them and fall in mutual weirdness. We call it love. ♥

-MissAsha