Sometimes in life, we get taken through so many changes, we can't help but be transformed into something completely different than what we expected. When some of us think back to our childhood dreams and aspirations, we wonder what became of those dreams while some of us are living those dreams. What is the difference between people who achieve their dreams and people who settle and wonder what could have been? I suspect it is mediocrity. I'm not sure who said it, but I heard somewhere once, "THE ENEMY OF GREAT, IS GOOD." Is this what happens to people along the way, we settle for things being good enough? Yes it is!!! We feel like, I don't want to rock the boat so, I'll just be satisfied here in mediocrity.
The problem with that is that you never reach your full potential stuck in mediocrity. It's what is referred to as "sleepwalking" through life. Oprah has had many shows on this topic as well as others who try to inform and inspire. I think the best lesson of this comes from the bible. The story of the men who takes the talents God gives them and goes out in the world and multiply them. All but one does this, he buries his gift and tells God he didn't want to lose the gift he was given and God responds by scolding him for his laziness. God is upset that he didn't get a return on his investment. We are all creatures that have been blessed with natural gifts given to us by God. Some of us know what those gifts are and some of us don't. Whatever they are, we have been given them to USE THEM!!! God expects a return on his investment in us, so I suggest you get busy figuring out what that gift is and how to use it to it's full potential.
Many of us have been trained to believe that greatness is not for everyone, but the chosen few who are "special." WHAT A CROCK OF BULL!!! You were born for greatness!! It's why you're here. If you do whatever it is you do to the best of your ability, with pride and always striving to do better and improve, then you are what greatness is about. No one should be able to do what you do, the way you do.
