Are You Nuts?

"We're all mentally ill by someone else's standards." So said The Grasshopper many moons ago. Find out more in this mini podcast.

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Transcript

Are You Nuts?

Many years ago The Grasshopper reminded us we're all mentally ill by someone else’s standards.

Here's a question worth pondering: What idiosyncratic behavior do you own, that when viewed from another angle, looks nuts?

The real difficulty in answering that query is this: we're guilty of not taking another’s point of view to evaluate our behavior.

We justify what we do as perfectly normal without ever exploring an opposing perspective.

“What do we look like standing in their shoes?” That's a question we rarely ask as we continue along our righteous path.

Chances are if you’ve denied or justified something long enough, it’s a pretty sure bet that’s what others identify as your “nutty” behavior.

Because you got used to a certain behavior may make it acceptable to you, but it doesn’t play well in the theater of other peoples’ minds.

What to do? Nothing, if you think this doesn’t apply to you.

Hint: This applies to everyone.

We become blind to our own bizarre behavior that’s in plain view for others to witness.

If you do begin to recognize that your behavior is getting in your way, you're no longer crazy, because a crazy person wouldn’t take the time to select another angle of view.

The best way to end sleepwalking is to wake up. Most people need an alarm to end this trancelike behavior. It needn’t come to that. Just entertain, for a moment, what it’s like to be someone else and view yourself from their perspective.

My sense is you’ll discover your sanity by recognizing we are all mentally ill by someone else’s standards. Then, and only then, will you address your wacky ways.

Finally, since I used to be in radio, let me leave you with the lyrics of a song written and sung by a guy named  Joe South. It's called:

WALK A MILE IN MY SHOES

If I could be you and you could be me for just one hour.

If we could find a way to get inside each other’s mind. 

If you could see you through my eyes instead of your ego, 

I believe you’d be surprised to see that you’d been blind.

All the best,

John