Why oh why is it so easy to settle for less?
Ummmm, since when? Need I say more?
Because no one will criticize you?
Who are you kidding? Those who will criticize will criticize anyway. Who cares!
Most of the time, we think people are far more critical than they actually are. Granted, there are always the dumb-head nog-nogs (that’s the word my sweetheart uses when he is trying to mind his language!) that just won’t be anything but trite and envious as you make a better life for yourself. Too bad for them. But, generally most people are more concerned with what other people think of them than they are with what other people are doing. You could be one of them. You prove my point.
So, as long as you are thinking about yourself, think positive!
Because depression is easier?
I’ve been there. Depression SUCKS! It sucks the living daylight out of you and is a sorry bedfellow. Depression also sucks away the energy of those around you, trying to love you and care for you. It sucks away your bank account in the wrong kinds of therapy – buying things you don’t need and might never use, spending on pharmaceuticals that by and large are designed to keep you buying pharmaceuticals, doling out the dough for other pain-numbing substances that do nothing to get us past the pain and on to a better life.
Depression isn’t easier, and is sometimes a condition that requires medical intervention. This post is not meant to diagnose or prescribe remedies for depression. It is just food for thought.
Because it requires change?
Remember, nothing is stagnant. You change for the worse or you change for the better. Change is painful. No pain, no gain.
Gaining muscle requires the pain of continual physical exercise. The alternative is atrophied muscle which will bring on all sorts of body pain.
Gaining knowledge and experience requires the pain of homework, lost leisure time, the possibility of mistakes. The alternative is an atrophied brain that struggles to make significant connections with the good in life, people, places, things, information, opportunities….
Because it takes so much work?
Hells yeah, it takes work. LOTS OF IT! If you are doing what you are meant to do, the work energizes you, gets you up in the morning, gives you purpose, inspires others.
Since when is work a four letter word? You know, the type that is a BAD word. Entitlement only leads to mediocrity. Hard work is the secret to a fulfilled life. Finding the right ‘hard work’ for you, the kind that makes your life worth living, the kind that you were called to do, the kind that allows you to make a difference, is the secret to your fulfilled life!
“All happiness depends on courage and work.”
— Honoré de Balzac
“How dare you settle for less when the world has made it so easy for you to be remarkable?”
― Seth Godin
Is it easy to be remarkable? YES! Just be YOU! And let the world know who YOU are!
