Normality does not equal joy, but it allows for the possibility. Normality allows for you to live with all of life's ups and downs, and to maintain hope and resilience during the downs.

Years ago I read a reference to some research done on why some people survived things like POW camps and gulags (or just life threatening abuse) while others cracked. The writer claimed that the end result was people's attitude. People who were unreasonably pessimistic OR optimistic had the lowest chances of making it through mentally or physically. Someone who gives up and doesn't try is obviously a goner, but the same is true of people who forcibly deny the reality of their situation and maintain an unrealistic forced positivity.

The people with the best chances were the ones in the middle. They knew they were in a terrible spot, they knew they faced very real odds of not making it, but they also maintained an intrinsic desire to survive each moment.

THAT is normality versus wokeness.

Normality does not equal joy, but it allows for the possibility. Normality allows for you to live with all of life's ups and downs, and to maintain hope and resilience during the downs.

That's even more meaningful I think.