A friend and fellow reader asked "what is normal" in a call today. Do you know the answer?

You might think that a "steady state" is normal -- what's we've always done. Perhaps "normal" is what feels "safe". Maybe it's what everybody else does.

I regard "normal" as when what is expected matches reality. I try to expect nothing of people, nature, fortune, or fate. All consistently demonstrate themselves to be consistently inconsistent. I find it abnormal when what I expect to happen actually happens.

I think it's fair to say that any attempt to define or establish normalcy is like trying to get your cat to come when it's called.