NORMAL!!!!

I watched this movie called ALL ABOUT STEVE today .It’s not the usual or the “normal” kind of movie which everyone would enjoy and relish, but I liked it. It changed completely my perspective about children who are not whom we define as “Not Normal”. I will explain the quoted text a little later. Actually the story starts about a lonely, eccentric person who is an expert in crossword puzzles and designs them for a local newspaper and her parents set up on a blind date.
She likes the guy and thinks he is key to being normal, as she is constantly accused of not being normal and the guy hates her and after a series of events she comes in touch with a small deaf child who actually mimes to her and asks “why do you want to be normal?” and “What is normal?” and requests her to stay the way she is and not to change. I loved the message as we constantly isolate people,children, claiming that they are not normal.
This left me wondering as what is normal, just because certain people follows certain norms, guidelines we expect every child to be same and thrust upon the procedures and often isolate them as being “not normal”. I am also reading called “7 habits of highly effective people” (obviously it was forced on me by my hubby, hated it until I started reading now unable to close the book), where the author admits that he use to force his second kid who always was behind the other ones. They thought something was wrong with him or thought he was not normal and started protecting him, encouraging him where the child never needed it in the first place. The child just needed time, and when they realized it and gave him the space he required, the child progressed like any other child.
Maybe this book completely changed my outlook they way I saw the movie, if I hadn’t read the book, I would have been bored by the movie. But coz of the book was able to see the different and powerful message of the movie.
I just wish I don’t continue the trend and see things as they are, not being judgemental about people and force the same on the future generations. Must read book”7 Habits of highly effective people” and if you like it its indeed a good movie to see!!!