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June 10, 2026 [8]Culture

Just Be Normal About Things - Westenberg

[9]JA Westenberg:

    To be normal about things is to preserve a private center that doesn’t get
    annexed by every passing demand. I can care about this without becoming it.
    I can improve this without worshiping it. I can be concerned without being
    consumed. I can participate without surrendering judgment. I can change my
    mind without staging a conversion narrative. I can be imperfect without
    making imperfection my brand. I can be serious without being unbearable.

    A normal life has room for contradiction.

I know I quote Joan a lot, but I can't help it, they think like I do, and write
well about it.

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