“The imagination is the power that enables us to perceive the normal in the abnormal, the opposite of chaos in chaos.” ImaginationNormalOppositesChaosPerceiveAbnormal Book:The Necessary Angel: Essays on Reality and the Imagination Source: The Necessary Angel: Essays on Reality and the Imagination
“Anybody who's away from what's normal is just kind of pushed aside as, 'Oh, he's crazy.' But in reality, this world is crazy. It's just chaos everywhere. It's really hard to be part of this world, because it's very possessed. And very egocentric.” WorldKindHardRealityCrazyThis WorldNormalChaosPossessedEgocentric Author:Troy Polamalu
“Coming from a background as unique as mine, the first challenge is being able to identify chaos as chaos. For the first half of my life, I interpreted chaos as normal. Today, I am aware that I have triggers: a default way of thinking that is often not relative to the immediate moment. Therefore, in the midst of chaos, I have learned to relinquish all my premature cognitive commitments and become present.” ThinkingWayFirstsMomentsTodayAbleChallengesHalfMinesNormalUniqueCommitmentChaosBackgroundsMidstRelativeI Have LearnedTriggersWay Of ThinkingDefaultCognitivePremature Author:Romany Malco
“I have so much chaos in my life, it's become normal. You become used to it. You have to just relax, calm down, take a deep breath and try to see how you can make things work rather than complain about how they're wrong.” TryingUsedNormalBreathsChaosCalmComplainingRelaxDeep BreathCalm DownTake A Deep Breath Author:Tom Welling
“I was late to understand that chaos and intensity are no subsitute for lasting love, nor are they necessarily an improvement on real life. Normal people are not always boring. On the contrary. Volatility and passion, although often more romantic and enticing, are not intrinsically preferable to a steadiness of experience and feeling about another person.” PeoplePersonsRealFeelingsPassionNormalLateChaosBoringContraryImprovementReal LifeLastingIntensityLasting LoveEnticingVolatilitySteadiness Book:An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness Source: An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness