Normal is not Sane

[scottishshaman]

Normal is not sane.

human beings are naturally sane.
being sane is natural
being Normal is not.

most of us early in life realize we are not Normal.
to be comfortable we try to fit in.
we try to be something.
when we fail to live up to our expectations
we think there is something wrong with us.
to hide our fear we keep trying.
we keep trying until we are comfortable simply trying.

Ironically, in reaching this point we become what we
set out to be: Normal.

a few of us are not so lucky.
no matter how hard we try we never get completely
comfortable trying to be Normal.
we sense there is something wrong
but we're afraid if we stop trying to question Normal
we will be labeled as crazy or insane
and viewed as a threat.

to survive we pretend to be Normal
or we go underground.
today's counter cultures are the veneer of an ancient
movement away from Normal.

sanity has always been something we can see.
we all have the innate ability to see what is good and
what is not good.
our problems arise when we let the sanity be what we
accept or reject as Normal.