Most of the world sees everything in black and white. They see and take
everything at face value and don't bother to look deeper and see what there
is to be seen. They then pick out the few things that they can call
"normal" and then surround themselves with these manifestations, in a hope
they will be safe from the rest of the true world and everything that
threatens their "perfect world. But, what they don't know is that normal
can be many things. The dictionary defines normal as "agreeing with a
standard or norm; natural; usual; regular; average". This means that
normal is very much in the eye of the beholder. What is normal for one
person may not be anywhere normal for someone else. That ornamental
necklace you wear on your date may be normal to you because you are
accustomed to it, but to your date, it may seem a bit bold or even ugly.
It is these manifestations of what we surround ourselves with that causes
so much of the conflict within the world. They see what is normal to
someone else and immediately decide that that is not right because it is
not normal to them, so it must be changed. This is also the origin of
conformists. Conformists are the people who change or hide what is normal
to them, is order to gain social acceptance. It is rare for a conformist
to reach their goal. Many go through their entire lives, striving to
please the rest of the world. Sometimes they will get so close that they
can feel the tips of their fingers scraping at the top, but just as soon as
they get to this point, the rest of the world shoves them back down.