Insanity. A word with meaning, like every other word in the English language. I-N-S-A-N-I-T-Y. The word itself stems from insane, whose root is sane. But what do they mean? Every word has a meaning but does that necessarily mean that every word has the same meaning to everybody? No, no it does not. MOST words mean the same to everybody, but not ALL words. Love, for instance, could mean a million different things depending on who you ask. One definition could mean humping a human you just met in the motel across your favourite bar. Another could be caring about somebody for the rest for your life, and feeling something so profound that words could never explain it, so you gift them every day for as long as you're in love, through all the fights and disagreements, all the trials and the disappointments. So now that we know that words could have multiple meanings, what is insanity? Sane means to be sound of mind or stable. Insane means to be mentally unstable. So what does insanity mean? Albert Einstein says that insanity means to do something over and over again, expecting a change. Google says that it means being mentally ill. But as we discussed earlier; words can have multiple meanings. What do sane, insane, and insanity mean to you? I'll bet that you'd say what I just listed. Of course, you would. You don't know any better. They taught you to think like that. Not me. I don't think like that. Some of you might agree with how I'll define sane, insane, and insanity. Sane means to follow the rules, the guidelines given. Not to stand out of the crowd, to think like everybody else. To see things through rose-tinted glasses. To be normal. Insane means be different, to not agree with what you were told to do, or how you were told to think. To perceive this goddamn world differently. To see things how they really are. To be abnormal. An example would be if you asked a sane person what colour the sky was. They'd answer blue. Ask an insane person. They'd answer a light powder blue. Who's right? You've been told to believe the sane and disregard the insane. But the truth is, they both are. The sky is blue, and light powder blue is a shade of blue. One is ordinary, another is specific. They are essentially the same thing but completely different things at the same time. But you were taught to believe the sane, and that the sky was blue. Insanity. The reason I went off on this tangent. My meaning is that insanity is something you experience before going insane. Crazy events that make you think differently. Events that shape your mind. Doctors say that insanity is a mental disorder, and few people have it. But that's a lie. EVERYBODY has gone through insanity in their lives. It doesn't matter to what degree, because everybody is different. They feel Pain in different ways. Whether or not they decide to embrace it or not is their choice. So which definition is correct? If Google's was, then insanity is just a synonym for insane. If mine was, then a lot would make sense. If Albert Einstien's was, then I'd be confused. I want change. But does that necessarily mean that I live every day the same? No. And I'll ask you another question. If an insane person is just a sane person, but with a different outlook on this wretched world, a different opinion from everybody else's, what makes them different from any other human being? Nothing. They are essentially the same thing but completely different things at the same time.
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