| Being A Little Different
Posted: 6/9/2009 5:23:53 PM | In our family, "Weird is good." Whenever one of us does something that goes against the norm or that seems to be a bit strange, we tell that person, "You're so weird!" And the response is always, "Yeah, and weird is good!" In this way we allow ourselves to stray from the normal--and not just to stray from it, but to embrace the abnormal, the different, the unusual. In the regular things of life, there's very little--if anything--left to be discovered. Because so many people strive to be "regular" every day of their lives, they take away the new and the extraordinary from that regular side of life, and they convert it into the boring and the usual. Mediocrity rules in the regular because the regular doesn't encourage us to take chances or to move in new directions or to try to find the new and extraordinary.
Our whole lives long, we're encouraged to be regular by teachers, parents, friends, relatives, and other members of society. If we're "regular" kids, we won't embarrass our parents. If we're regular in the classroom, the teacher won't face any new or different challenges.
But regular doesn't have to rule our lives. There's much of the extraordinary out there in the world, and if we're to find it, then we have to look for it. And we can't do that by settling for mediocrity and boring status quos. | |
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| Being A Little Different
Posted: 6/10/2009 1:12:19 AM | Sounds like my type of mantra. I do try and carryout the try new and different things on a regular basis and have deffinately got a weird sense of humour that sees the world differently from most people and make people laugh with my weird observations and out look on life.
Keep on with the weird and wacky
trollfairy | |
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| Being A Little Different
Posted: 6/12/2009 3:20:00 AM | Being 'regular' or 'normal' is so over-rated and often just plain boring. I encourage my teenage son to not only think outside the box, but ultimately to throw the box away!
'Weird' is definitely good! | |
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| Being A Little Different
Posted: 6/13/2009 2:25:40 PM | Can we truly say what is 'normal'?
I think everyone has a criteria for normal. In essence it really comes to their comfort level. What is the need to classify it? We are who we are and we should embrace and love that fact. I am sure you have more fun encouraging one another to expound on their sense of unique style and opinions. Heck, out of babes we hear things that might not be within the standard of proper etiquette. As the world welcomes new things and new generations of people it also should encourage that we are all our own person.
I think it is great. Be true to yourself and others should too.
I love the subject. I think we should give thought to a new quote,
"I'm not normal, I'm just me!"
Have a great day and embrace who you are-its great! | |
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| Being A Little Different
Posted: 6/14/2009 4:10:46 AM | | I've always done my best to be my own person, I like to say they broke the mold when they made me and I just roll with that | |
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| Being A Little Different
Posted: 6/14/2009 7:40:20 AM | | I always tell my kids that when they made me they broke the mold,great minds think alike | |
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| Being A Little Different
Posted: 8/18/2009 5:27:06 PM | | You transcribed my feelings exactly. I have the same relationship with my children. We are very open to new experiences and always take the "Road Less Traveled" away from the norm. These diversions have uncovered some of our greatest memories! | |
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| Being A Little Different
Posted: 8/22/2009 1:06:48 PM | | The people you have to worry about are the one who are sure they are sane. I enjoy the peope who wonder sometimes if it is the world or themselves that walk too close to the edge. | |
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