When You’re Weird–Is it really that weird to be weird?

I don’t know about you, but sometimes I feel weird. I’m not like everyone else. Now, I’m not saying that I’m not like anyone else. I’m sure there are lots of people that have things in common with me. But seriously, is it really possible to be like everyone else? Of course not! Everyone else is different, so there is no way you can be like everyone else. No matter what, you will be weird to someone.

Now, I think I was a weird teenager. While many other teenagers (I can’t say ALL the other teenagers, because that would be a sweeping generalization) were worrying about being weird and trying their best not to be, I recognized I was weird. I didn’t really care, because I realized that “normal” was as elusive as trying to bottle sunlight. I mean, what is “normal”? You can be a normal height for your age, or read at a normal reading level for your age, but when it comes to just your way of being, how can you really define “normal”? Is it that you are like everyone else? But everyone else is different, so how can you be like everyone else? Anyhow, that was my logic. It has always been.

As I said before, just because I wasn’t like everyone else didn’t mean I wasn’t like anyone else. I found people that had some similar interests, and similar views as I did. Nobody was exactly like me, but that’s how it should be. Otherwise, I feel like it would get a little creepy. I just stopped worrying about what everyone else thought normal should be, and I was my own personal normal, which was probably a little weird.

Sometimes I wonder if my books are weird. They aren’t like “all the other books” out there. But then again, are all the other books out there the same? And my books aren’t so different from some other books out there. There are enough different people in the world that there are bound to be people that do think my books are weird and hate them. Then again, there are certainly people who will find they are just the sort of book they enjoy and will love them. That’s okay. My books will be weird to some, and that’s normal.

I guess what I’m trying to say is, if you’re a little worried about being weird, that’s okay. It’s normal. If you know you are a little bit weird, that’s okay. That’s normal too. I had a saying once: A person who is 100% normal would be the weirdest person of all.

What do you think being “normal” means? Do you feel normal, or weird?