Embracing Your Average
My dad is incredibly average. Now hold on, this is a good thing, I promise. But seriously, he is. There is really nothing all that spectacular about him. He's not rich and indeed wasn't blessed with stellar good looks. He's smart but by no means a genius. He didn't invent anything and is not the world's greatest athlete. He's not on TV, and no one would recognize him walking down the street. He's simply average.
But it's his average-ness that I love about him. It's what makes him actually pretty great. Because I had the opportunity over the years to watch him thrive where so many of us get stuck--living in the average. Let's face it, average is what describes most of us. But my dad has made the most of every gift, talent, and treasure he has--no matter how big or small.
Make no mistake, you were born awesome. You were born special and unique, with purpose, design, and the ability to accomplish things far beyond your own imagination. But chances are, like my dad (and me), you are average. But don't let that get you down. In fact, celebrate it.
Let me explain. When we overinflate ourselves, demand too much of ourselves, and set overwhelming goals and expectations for ourselves that we can't be expected to reach, we are begging to be let down, to feel defeated and less of ourselves. Because the standard you compare yourself to is the success of others rather than the potential inside yourself. We were told (and with good intentions, I believe) that we could do anything. While that sounds good, it might not be true. No matter how much I love music, I am not going to be a rockstar. No matter how much I practiced football in high school, I was never going to the NFL.
But embracing your average removes the stigma of failure and the barriers to succeed in ways you hadn't yet imagined. Achieving the goals you set for yourself has much less to do with your inherent gifts and talents and more to do with how hard you work. You need the right mindset and posture to make the impossible possible.
It's time to worry less about how you measure up to others and stop thinking about why others are successful, and you aren't (unless you are, then go you!). Instead, channel that energy into becoming the person you were created to be. You'll become the kind of person who isn't afraid to fail, who isn't afraid to try something different, and who isn't afraid to set goals far beyond what you thought you could accomplish.
Embracing your average lightens your load so that you can really fly.
Challenges/Points:
Embracing your average means you stop comparing your abilities with the abilities of others.
Embracing your average means you have a greater potential to achieve your absolute best.
The goal isn't to become just like other people but to become the person you were designed to be.
Questions:
Who do you/or have you compared yourself to either now or in the past?
Who do you genuinely believe you were created to be?
What would it take to start to become that person today?
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