What is being normal? How do you achieve this and who is the one who decides who is normal, and who’s not? If you are religious, you would say God, which is perfectly correct in anyone’s opinion. If you are not religious, you might say, ‘yourself’. But let’s think about this for a minute. If you would consider yourself to be the one who chooses if you’re normal or not, why would it be called normal, and not ‘Being Jenny.’ Why do we use the term normal? Or perfect? If being normal was just being ourselves, normal wouldn’t have ever been used.

See, do you want to truly know who chooses if you are normal or not? Your Peers choose your ‘normalness’. You do it to others, and they do it to you. It is human nature to single out people, and make a biased opinion about them. Granted, it is not the greatest trait humans have, but we can’t help it. Sometimes, we don’t even mean to. But, it’s okay.

And, while it’s perfectly okay to make opinions about people, we as civilized being need to also understand the difference between making opinions to ourselves, and voicing those opinions for other people to reflect on and torment those who are singled out as ‘irregular’. The perfect term is used by people with autism, specifically, Asperger’s syndrome. Now, I haven’t been diagnosed or anything, but there is a 50/50 chance that I have this syndrome. People with Asperger’s used the term ‘nerotypical’ to define the differences between them and the people who they see as ‘normal’.

What I don’t understand is why people cannot seem to grasp the concept that even though it’s perfectly okay for you to make opinions to yourself, in your mind and tormenting that person is NOT okay! You should never feel as if you have the right to change people, stretch them, and push their limits to fit your criteria. Who are you? Who gave you that right? Go to history, we were giving the right to have life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. That is not happiness! Being constantly tormented for not being ‘like Lucy,’ the average girl in your homeroom is not happiness. And not having the freedom to be you is NOT liberty.

So, please, before you speak about how that kid over there has pale skin, and ugly shoes, and bother him, and push him into lockers, and steal his lunch, and hide his stuff, think about how your actions could reflect him. He could be on the edge of suicidal, and your tormenting is not going to persuade him that his life is worth more than gold. If you have an opinion, save it. You might think its perfectly acceptable, he could have other plans to take your words.

“She is standing right in front of me, speaking words of wisdom. Let it be.”