Lawrence Lewis

The truth of the matter is that I generally praise the heretic and pretty much ignore the disciple…I am not sure really if this makes me more, or less, like most people.  I suppose though that in identifying more intimately with those who do not conform to an established attitude, doctrine, or principle…really also makes me more or less a heretic too…so then I am not like most people…good.  I think?  Of course, I am not that totally weird and operating on the fringe…I follow the rules and etiquette of driving and standing in line while waiting my turn; believe very much in the conventions of marriage and modern principles of parenting; and rely on the basic canons of law and order to live my free and non-oppressed life…all of which really makes me like most people, and slightly conflicted, sigh.  Maybe I identify with the heretic because they challenge us to rethink normal…and not so with the disciple which demands compliance and obedience of normal.  In the final analysis both compel us to consider why we might value the ‘normal’ in question the way we do…most people, I would like to believe, upon honest reflection and consideration would find a state-of-mind that allows a purple rhino with a yellow horn and red ears exist…not because they necessarily believe it, but because to insist that it does not exist would be heretical. Huh?