Let me make it clear that when I talk about Life on the margins, I am talking about people who:

• just don’t “fit in” for various reasons.
  
• by choice or force, are different from those around them
  
• are often called “outsiders”.
  
• have NOT abandoned the world around them, but do live outside the mainstream of society.
  
• may have their own rules on how to live their lives.

I am certainly one of those, and I suspect that many who come across RJsCorner, especially those who stick around, might also be living life on the margins.

We outsiders seem so “weird” because we question a large percentage of the assumptions when most of those around us simply do as they are told . Outsiders like me are generally happy with our lives and our unique worldview.

I want to give you some personal info about the circumstances that put me on “life on the margins”:

• I am deaf and have been for almost 40 years now. That category alone puts me in about 1% of the population. I have never really felt that I belong in either the hearing world or the deaf world. That puts me on the margins.
• I have been living on the margins of society all my life and therefore have developed a one-of-a-kind character that is contrary to about anything the mainstream stands for.
• I have an IQ of 136, and that puts me in the top 1% of the population. I guess that makes me unique, but I don’t really feel that way. I feel it just puts me on the margins.
• I question Everything and always think for myself. I look at almost everything in life with a contrarian view. I simply don’t go along with the trends unless they will improve my life or that of others. I don’t know where that puts me on life’s scale, but it is much better than any of the alternatives I have discovered today, especially those who follow their defective heroes simply because everyone else does.

Here on RJsCorner I celebrate living life on the margins, and want to show you that it can be a joyous and fulfilling life. We don’t need to follow the crowd and do what everyone else does. There is nothing wrong with discovering our unique path through life. Thinking outside the mainstream is in fact downright satisfying.