What is Normal?

What is Normal?

Is it the jogger running down the street, face all red and no smile to be seen?

Is it the young guy walking around with his pants below his butt, his underwear showing and

holding up his pants with one hand so they don't completely fall off?

Is it the old man who shuffles his feet because he can no longer pick them up and put them down?

Is it the old woman who cuts her hair short; like thousands of others, because it too hard to take care of when it's long?

What is normal?

Is it the young child of 3 or 4 who still carries a baby bottle?

Is it the teenager who goes from ear piercing to nose, lip, eyebrow and tongue?

Is it the man who fell off scaffolding at 20 feet, broke his back and now has to wait in line for a welfare check?

Is it the young man who is fed up with the world telling him what to do; so he does nothing and draws unemployment?

Is it the young woman who just wants to be loved, but the world only sees her beauty, so she believes all the lies and ends up in lots of men's beds?

What is Normal?

I use to think Normal was what they now call the Cinderella Complex. You know, Girl dates boy, they fall in love, get married, raise a family and live happily ever after. I see you smiling.... Yes, you are right, I'm smiling too. That is definitely not the Normal thing now, is it?

So I ask you, What is Normal?

I want to be Normal. I'm not normal. I'm invisible. You read it right. Invisible. Most people don't see me. Can you guess why? Unless I am assertive and speak first...Good Morning! HI! How are you? Nobody sees me. Maybe you guessed it; maybe not. I'm invisible because I am one of those Obese people that nobody wants to look at. If they don't look at you, you aren't there. Did you see the movie Shallow Hal? Gwyneth Paltrow had to wear a "fat suit" and she wanted to get the feel of how it would be to actually walk around the lobby of her hotel wearing this fat suit. So she did. I remember an interview where she said it was the most horrible feeling she had ever had in her life. She said "Nobody would look her in the eye." You see, people wanted her to be invisible.