I used to Overflow with frequency, but I’m getting better at Underflowing. This feels to me like reverting to the mean, which I’m told is normal, but it makes me feel ordinary. Underflow denotes a loss of precision, which is closely approximated by zero. I want to be greater than zero.
In behavior, normal refers to a lack of significant deviation from the average.
Definition of Normal according to Wikipedia.org
So . . . I had a conversation with someone about natural versus normal. She said our natural state is peace, joy, bliss. But it is normal (unnatural) to feel anger, sorrow, angst. Etc. Hmmmm.
Love Minus Zero/No Limits
In the dime stores and bus stations,
People talk of situations,
Read books, repeat quotations,
Draw conclusions on the wall.
Some speak of the future,
My love she speaks softly,
She knows there’s no success like failure
And that failure’s no success at all.
What’s normal? I love that song. Thanks for reminding me.
Normal for one is abnormal for another … perhaps we are only normal in our own eyes?
Ordinary people do extraordinary things; the determinants seem to be more about attitude and perseverance than anything else.
Best wishes
Well so far I say you are absolutely not average you even border on the ‘extraordinaire’ savant fou
There is nothing ordinary about you. You define extraordinary.
There is no such thing as “being normal” It’s viewed differently by everyone. What was written by Cheri is kinda funny. Normal to feel bliss and joy? Not even close. Can you imagine feeling bliss all the time? That would get so annoying and tiring. We are not made for that environment. We feel bliss because it is so not the norm.
but zero is the first number in any list LOL feel better seraphine, hugs for you.
You are extraordinary at a time when so many fear becoming common. That will never happen with you, Sera. Smiles–all the way around!
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some say ‘normal’ is a sort of average. few people are exactly the average. it’s an abstract concept. i’ve always thought of the words ‘normal’ and ‘mediocre’ as interchangeable. neither is a compliment. i’d say you’re nowhere near ‘normal’, Sera. and that IS a compliment.