Normalcy

Normal (nôr'məl)

• Conforming with, adhering to, or constituting a norm, standard, pattern, level, or type; typical
• Functioning or occurring in a natural way; lacking observable abnormalities or deficiencies.
• Something normal; the standard:
• The usual or expected state, form, amount, or degree

Normalcy (nôr'məl-sē)

• the quality or condition of being normal, as the general economic, political, and social conditions of a nation; - being within certain limits that define the range of normal functioning
• expectedness as a consequence of being usual or regular or common

So back to the inquiry of what normalcy really is since the definitions listed above from the American Heritage Dictionary don’t mean crap.

The idea is subjective therefore does not exist as a quantifiable entity….Who are we to judge what normality is? Is it what we’ve been brought up to believe? What society constrains us with? What religion defines…?

The average and the common are considered normal. But this is undoubtedly unsatisfactory and incomplete. Conforming to social edicts and mores does not by any means guarantee normalcy. Think about anomic societies and periods of history such as Hitler's Germany or Stalin's Russia. Model citizens in these hellish environments were the criminal and the sadist – the abnormal….

My very subjective definition of Normalcy: BALANCE. And how many of us are truly balanced?