What Is Normal?

What is normal?

Many have asked and debated numerous times, and given just as many answers. But as this question pops into my head at 5am, I feel like sharing my opinion.

So, what is normal? What is its definition? Well, according to Merriam-Webster.com it has a few definitions. The one I'm going to mention for this is “Conforming to a type, standard, or regular pattern.” We have many patterns that we each follow, whether they be how many times we go to starbucks in a week or the fact that we watch a children's cartoon every Saturday and take it way too seriously. But no two people share exactly the same patterns. We may share several or even most of our patterns with someone, but not all.

But there is one pattern we all follow. One pattern that everything around us follows.
That pattern is the fact that each of us is unique in some way. We follow a different pattern than everyone and everything else in some way.

Take two identical twins that share nearly everything. Favorite foods, favorite color, favorite time of day. But there will be something they don't share, some pattern they don't both fit. Maybe one of them likes driving and one likes walking.

Take two clocks made on the same production line. One will have a slightly different grain to the wood it's made of, or run a fraction of a second faster or slower. Something that makes them unique from all the others.

So, what is truly normal? What pattern does everything fit?

Well, my answer is: abnormality. We are normal in that we are unique. We all follow the same pattern of not following the same patterns.

So:
Do you think my premise has any basis?
Do you think I'm way off base?
Am I going to wake up later and wish I hadn't posted my late night ramblings?

At least one of these questions will be answered when I awaken.

Until then: I am DonnE Starside, doing what I must, because I can. Thanks for​ reading.