To read the original article, click on the title: https://moseleywilliams.com/weirdos-waiting-in-the-wings/ (Weirdos Waiting in the Wings.)

So to summarize:

Better to be called something than nothing, and being called weird is better than being called ordinary.

The problem with weird is that weird means different. And different means dangerous and we flee danger.

The opportunity of being weird is that weird people are passionate, and when they find what they are searching for (not looking for), they tell everyone else they know: weirdos with the same problem.