Normal Doesn't Exist

Okay, the title of this post is a lie, but it sounded cool. There is a certain amount of normality in life, otherwise there would be no such thing as "freaks", "weirdos", or "strange" people. At the same time, though, not everyone is a cookie-cutter clone of another. (I should note here that cookie cutters do not make every cookie the same, there's always something that goes weird, but that's beside the point.)

Normal isn't what we think it is. Normal isn't having the perfect job, the perfect boyfriend, the perfect house, and the perfect group of friends. Normal isn't being invisible and doing what everyone else does. Normal isn't thinking the way society tells you, and normal isn't about how others perceive you at all.

But there are things that are normal for everyone. It's perfectly normal to feel sad when someone hurts you. It's normal to be happy when someone loves you. It's normal to fall head over heels for the person you love. It's normal to laugh, cry, hurt, love, feel, and think on a daily basis.
It's also normal to do things society tells you are "strange". It's normal not to feel sad at a funeral, believe it or not. It's normal to want to be different. It's normal to feel the urge to scream in public when you're upset. It's normal to come up with crazy plans that will never work just to get the thing or person you want. It's normal to be unique and different.

Some things our culture tells us are normal really aren't, though. Girls getting pregnant at a young age without a husband is not normal, it's a scandal every time it happens. Teenagers yelling at their parents when they're upset is not normal, it's usually discouraged. Finding the perfect man, falling in love, and living happily ever after is not normal. It's a fairy tale.
I'm not telling you this to discourage you. I'm saying that life isn't always the way TV and movies tell us it is. Life is usually a lot more "normal" than they make it out to be. And that's okay, because the way we, as humans, "normally" behave is very interesting to watch.

If you want to know what "normal human beings" are like, visit www.mylifeisaverage.com. It's a website full of stories about average people doing average things. You'll be surprised at how "strange" everyone is.