What is Normal?

I heard a person tell another the other day
that due to a set of decisions someone
they knew had made that they thought
they were no longer normal and due to
that idea they weren't going to associate
with them any longer. Not normal? What
is "Normal" anymore?

I am not sure I know the answer. At the risk
of being labeled by many I wondered if what
was normal to a 30ish Hispanic woman would
be normal to a black teenage guy? Or could a middle
age white man possibly know how normal
appeared to a senior citizen living on a fixed income
in a retirement home. Hmmm....maybe it isn't
the color of our skin that dictates our prejudice
in how we see the world ...it is the color of our
"rose colored glasses" .. our own personal
realities that tell us what normal is. Perception
is reality I have heard it said...so once again, what is
normal?



Jodi H. Underhill MEd. LMHC
Licensed Mental Health Counselor &
Certified K-12 Guidance Counselor
License #MH9166
Phone: 386.747.7148
Fax: 407.264.8289
www.junderhilltherapy.com