Wisdom is the most UNDERRATED character trait. In my world, it's my "6IXTH MAN" and we all have opportunities, daily, to sub wisdom into our lives in place of ignorance. If knowing what to do is half the battle, the other half is letting what you know form WHO YOU ARE!
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Average
Average is virtually profanity in most athletic circles because no one wants to be it. And I understand why. Average is kind of that status that you can arrive to seemingly without hardly doing more than the minimum on any given day. Show up, go to class, at least turn in your homework and don't give the teacher a hard time. That should just about do it - AVERAGE! But I'm realizing that most of the world I encounter seems marginally interested in average. Many I talk to are far below average based on how hard they DON'T work or how much they think people owe them. I often witness people who want riches, success and fame but can't spell. Oxymoronic is an understatement. AVERAGE used to be a byword. Now we're refreshed to see an average effort and that's alarming. God has called humans to incredible capacities that are insulted every time we settle. I hope the world will tire of its cheating at pick-up games of basketball at LA Fitness. It's so unbecoming for people to cheat, rob, and feign knowledge as a means to get "stuff" in life. If people had average initiative or better I wonder how much better the world would be.
true true man. I would have to say that the fact that a lot of people settle for less than average is because they have some kind of "excuse". They might try the first time and fail and blame it on something so they dont have to try again or so they can have a reason to fail if they do try again. This 'reason to fail' makes them no longer care if they succeed or not because if they dont they can just use another excuse and feel ok about it. People need to see that, as my bro says, excuses are like armpits: everyone has them, and they all stink.
ReplyDeleteWell said Tommy Boston. Average will never be vogue. But it is comfortable to the point of obsession...that is until you get one taste of what it's like to achieve a personal best. Then the addiction changes hopefully.
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