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Hi everyone!
Hope your Thursday is going well. Today, we're talking alllll about accepting yourself for who you are. Exciting topic, right? And also a rather difficult one, at times.
Did you know that Merriam-Webster defines "normal" as: "conforming to a type, standard, or regular pattern."
Did you catch that word? Conforming?
Let me back up here a bit. Growing up, I think we all go through a moment when we hear "the mean kid" tell us or talk about someone as "weird" or "not normal". Those comments definitely hurt, don't they?
Now, if you take those comments (let's say it's: "Landri isn't normal"), and change normal to conforming, so the sentence reads, "Landri isn't conforming" – that makes it a lot better, doesn't it?
Because none of us really want to conform. We all have our individual wants, needs, hopes, and dreams that set us apart somehow. They build up who we are, but if someone seems "different", "weird", or not-conformingto another's definition, then it can seem like not being normal is a bad thing.
Is it?
I got you with that header, didn't I? Mission accomplished!
In reality, the "bad part" of being different is encountering people that don't understand or don't accept that being non-conforming is a wonderful thing. This is hard for many reasons, but in particular, it can really affect how our ability to accept ourselves.
Without self-acceptance, our psychological well-being can suffer – introducing us to unnecessary stress and anxiety. Isn't it funny how the way we see ourselves is so affected by how others see us? If we were able to separate others' views of who we are and focus more on how we see ourselves, we could save ourselves a lot of harm.
Self-acceptance can be developed in several ways. Let's go over a few, shall we?
The goal of accepting yourself as who you are is exacting that: loving yourself first. It's lovely to be accepted by others, too, but the more you come to appreciate every level of who you are and what you're meant to do, the easier it will be to find people who do the same. True friends are those that accept you no matter what. If some people can't do that, then that's a journey they need to go on separate from yours.
We don't need to conform to society to be in it. In fact, it's better to stick out. When have you ever learned about someone in history class that lived according to the norm of the world?
Be yourself. Redefine normal.
Be bold,
Landri
Here's a note from our Spotlight artist, Kara Branstrom:
To me, the quote is about embracing not being “normal”. It was something my mom would always say to me when I was upset at being called weird, “why would you want to be normal; normal is boring!”
Kara Branstrom
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