This is for ordinary people

This is for ordinary people (and we won’t be telling you that you’re extraordinary just for being you).

You won’t recognise us from the television.

We are not prodigiously talented.

My body did not spring back into shape.

You won’t be surprised by my down to earth nature, make-up free face or wry sense of humour.

I didn’t overcome the odds.

I’m not an example of where hard work and determination will get you.

I say never.

A lot.

I don’t live a simple but fulfilling life.

I didn’t write this in a café.

It didn’t come to me in a dream.

All kinds of things that I expected would happen in my life have not happened.

I forgot to buy peppermint tea.

I want to believe in someone other than myself.

The floor needs vacuuming.

If I had a choice I’d rather live with someone else too.

If you watch long enough you may see them.

They wear sunglasses and smiles and walk in slow motion down busy streets.

They are scared to be alone.

They wear careful make up and studied eye-liner, the right shaped underwear and designer clothes.

This is not for them.

It is for you.