Give yourself permission to be weird, today!

May 8, 2018 Off By Maurice

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Sometimes, when I am with a good friend I can trust not to stand up and punch me immediately, I ask him or her “Are you weird?”

 

The reaction ranges from shock and anger (the “how dare you insult me?” look) , to puzzlement to total confusion.   

 

What’s wrong with this guy (Maurice blxxdy Ting)? Suddenly asking me (your normal respectable responsible member of society)  such irreverent question? How dare he!

 

It just shows that most people have been brainwashed into believing their place is safe among the “normal” and they have to do their best to fit in.   And they have spent their whole life suppressing their uniqueness and trying to fit in.

 

If everyone shaves and you have a beard, “shame on you!”.  If everyone wears a shirt and tie, and you walk around in a beach collarless T shirt, you don’t deserve to walk through the front door.

 

This is how society makes everyone feel shame to step outside the box they have been assigned.

 

Hey, be weird today, and find some more weird people to hang out with. Liberate yourself from the “normal” bully inside yourself.