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Everything is good

Posted on by philipdodson

I saw this on a bag today and it made me think about when people say that ‘everything is great’.

Firstly, it never is, and why people want to say that is the fear of being seen as a failure or they feel they have to fit in. We don’t have to fit in.

Perhaps the happiness guru has memed them into believing we should always be ‘great’, ‘amazing’ or ‘awesome’ or in fact, all three of them and skipping as we say it.

Second, and most important, if everything is great where is the struggle we need to become even better? What is the point of carrying on if everything is going amazing all the time?

We need the shit and the struggle to give our lives purpose and meaning. Of course, not all the time. But if it’s always good, then there is no balance, no bad. So it’s not good or bad, just nothing.

Success, nah.

Posted on by philipdodson

Don’t ever accept just ‘good enough’. It’s not about perfection either.

We often do as a protection against the fear of either success or failure. Most often we fear success as we are fearful of the changes that can bring to our lives.

But just ‘good enough’ is letting ourselves down and we have a responsibility to us to do the best that we can.

It is not about doing better than others or striving to achieve other people’s view of what success is.

It is about doing our best and achieving what success looks like to us.