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Are you an odd duck? A strange child? A rare breed?
The fact is that we’re all a little—peculiar.
Some of us are just precociously so.
It can be a burden to be the odd man out, but when you embrace your inner—and outer—weird, well that’s when the magic happens.
What makes you weird?
How have you made peace with your inner freak? What about your weird have you come to like or even love?
Oh Bennie, she’s really keen
~Elton John
Bennie and the Jets
Why is your particular version of strange an asset? What made you discover that being unique isn’t always a bad thing?
How are men affected by being the odd person out? Does isolation breed despair or strength? What are the emotional implications of bizarre?
Do you have a weird kid? How are you helping them navigate childhood? Do people appreciate their uniqueness?
Should we even be using words like weird, peculiar, or strange? I personally love my strangeness and call myself a freak show on the regular. Is it ok to label ourselves like that? To label others like that?
Don’t labels define things? Does weird define you or is it just another aspect of you, like your hair color? Is strange a label, or a characteristic? Does it matter?
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