TYPICAL - What It Stands For!

Getting sorted into groups was very important at a time. In fact, it was considered a prerequisite to belong to a group; to have certain features or qualities that a group of other people are recognised to have. You could call it common interest, groupism, whatever! But that stood up as one's identity And people who didn't fall into these so called groups, who could not be sorted as sorts, were discriminated against.

Times have changed. So old a phrase… so is the thought that you need to be same or at least similar to be called as a type.

Typical is not considered a compliment anymore. In fact, it enrages people. It insults them to the extent that they lose the ability to think and express sensibly - their humble acceptance of having those qualities. They want to hold up the qualities, however failing to bear being called out for the same.

A masked task!

● I don't befriend coloured people but you have no right to call me racist.

● I try to avoid LGBTQ topics, but you dare not call me a discriminator.

● I cannot let my partner out of my sight, but am not clingy.

A masked task all the way!

All this for - keeping up appearances; being accepted in all circles, respected as a social butterfly with profound sensibility, accommodating broad-mindedness and an all-encompassing wisdom.

Riding upwards the bewildered wonder, if a person does something in a certain way and accepts what he's doing as logical and right then why be ashamed of being called out? Why feel offended for things you do rightly(since u believe it so)? Is it because you don't accept yourself for what you do and what you are? Or is it because you want to be someone else simultaneously being yourself?

The key is NOT TO climb on a stage and declared what you believe and practise to be the only right thing, but to accept that- ‘yes, I do feel this way and I do so and so coz I feel this comfortable for me though it may seem wrong to others’.

ACCEPT.

Defy denial.

It's better to be clear about yourself: What you are? Where you want to be? How you want to get there? What to take up for discussions? What to argue against? And ofcourse…how to accept the outcome gracefully!

About 'Times have changed'...

It's time for people to embrace the differences. A time when people are not bundled up in sorts; a time when people stand up for their individuality; for their creativity; for their sensibility; for their tolerance.

Alas!...not all thoughts can be white and black. Acknowledge the greys.

To every being, his own. It's a TYPICAL matter of perception.

Written By Sumayah Siraj