Are we resigned to mediocrity or do we aspire to greatness?
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Well, I don’t want to be mediocre, but I can’t say I aspire to greatness. I’m content if I believe I did the very best I could. Hmmmm, maybe that makes me mediocre!
Ginger
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That is the one thing you are not my friend! By virtue of your sunny disposition and positive attitude that makes you extraordinary. And I am not wrong in these things.
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Haha, you just gave my ego a boost! Thank you for your kind words my friend!
Ginger
Think positive. Test negative.
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You have hit on an important aspect of self-improvement. 🙂
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There is always room for improvement.
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Depends on my mood. 😉
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Some days I am extraordinary and Some days I am not.
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I feel that.
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Without mediocrity , we wouldn’t know what greatness is. I always remember the fictional town of Lake Wobegone, “where all the women are strong, all the men are good-looking, and all the children are above average.”
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I remember Lake Wobegon! I love Garrison Keillor. And you are right, we do need a little mediocrity to highlight how good, good can be.
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So where pray do tell does doing the little things right on a regular basis ?
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Always aiming to get the small things right is perhaps one of the best aspirations!
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I try, hard, not to be mediocre in my writing, but feel pining for greatness has a sort of regal connotation with which I am uncomfortable…(Catholic beginnings…) x
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As long as you try your best and that, to me anyway, means you’re striving for excellence. I may never reach it but I will always try for it.
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I KNOW you do, Pamela. Respect! x
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Right back at you my friend!
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Finally I’ve just learned to ‘do me’. Then I can give from that place dear lady 😀 ❤️ 🙏🏽 🦋 😂 🤣
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Oh at last, I’ve had days of comments not being accepted Pam, I must have said something right 😂 🤣
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You always say the right thing Mark. And you say it well.
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Nobody does you better than you do!
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Sometimes I learnt that mediocrity is not too bad. I see how greed consumed MR EX and all he has in his mind is money, money and more money!
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Mediocrity is not bad. And success should never be measured by a dollar sign. But I hate it when people settle for what they have instead of striving for what they could have. Of course, if they’re happy that’s all that matters.
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Aaah yes the complacent folks. So long as they do not look for handouts and work diligently for a living. Other than that, I dealt with such staff as complacent and enjoy their spot as if is. I look at them and smile….it is your choice and don’t blame society if it goes awry.
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Depends on whether I’ve had my first cup of tea or not. 🙂
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Good point! Must put the kettle on . . .
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I think I was more aspirational when I was younger.
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I think you still are.
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That’s kind of you. But I have certainly disabused myself of the notion of greatness. I’m happy to be upright at this stage. 😉
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