At Your Best

"Life can be only what you make it..."

Most people are fine mediocrity...they think that as long as they are just getting by, that is better than failing.  I don't personally agree.  Failure is always a better option that mediocrity...because there is a lesson in failure...there is a another shot after you fail.  When you are okay with being mediocre, you are stuck in the middle, neither good nor bad, prince nor pauper...and more importantly you are just stuck.  

The time is now to reject mediocrity, at least for me.  I am not sure that I ever accepted it, but I have found myself there in different aspects of my life, many times.  I refuse to be stuck ever again...professionally, personally, emotionally or mentally, physically or spiritually...I am seeking the win...and you don't contribute to the win when you are stuck on the bench the whole game. 

Now, it is not as simple as making a decision, although that is the first step.  The real key to becoming free to be at your best is by accepting no bullshit, from yourself or others; dealing only in positives and negatives with no in betweens; and opening yourself up to all the wonders of life. 

NO BULLSHIT
Don't let anyone tell you the sky is purple when you know its blue.  We spend much of our lives listening to other people, allowing their thoughts about us, their opinions, their words, and their fucked up non-facts rule our actions and thoughts.  It's fine to seek counsel, but then take those words, evaluate their meaning, their importance, and their relevance, put them in their proper place, and discard them.  Dont walk around holding on to other people's thoughts and ideas...because most often, they are laced with poor judgment, dishonesty, disrespect, and yes...bullshit.   Do your own research, come to your own conclusions, and make decisions based on your own wants and needs, using counsel only as a frame of reference.

+ and -
We spend alot of time explaining away our aversion to things.  We see its bad, but we add a little bit of this a little bit of that, and soon it becomes more easy to digest.  NO...stop that.  If it is bad, its bad...if it is good, its good...it doesn't need a pinch of salt or a dash of pepper for it to be okay just the way it is...if it is good.  Now if its bad, the salt will make it send u into sodium shock and the pepper will have u sneezing.  So, look at things as they are, without the filler and the additives. 

BEING OPEN
The key to being your absolute best, is being open to all the fantastic opportunities the world has to offer. You have to break out of your comfort zone to ever see any real wonders or miracles happen.  We limit ourselves in our experiences, in our thoughts, in our emotions, and in our hearts...so that we think we dont deserve certain things, we aren't good enough, or that perhaps we are too good.   The truth is that the world works much better with us going around exploring it...finding its and our true treasures. 

So take a word from the trying to get wise...live your best life...it is the only life worth having!

Song of the Day" My Life by Mary J. Blige