Me, an Average Joe....

Was reading some where that it is no good being mediocre. Be the best at whatever you are - Oh! I have heard that and no doubt used that quite a couple of times myself!! Mediocrity, it seems is considered something of a crime in this world....But despite my best efforts and those of millions others, I am sure, like so many others, I have yet to achieve that stage of being the best there is. Now I know, I'm taking this a bit too literally, but can't help feel this way....I can no doubt be the best there is, for a short while, but ALL the time!!...now THAT is way beyond me!!....

I often wonder how people, who have attained that status are able to maintain it...Is it a conscious effort on their part or is it a skill/curse they were born with? - "the need to be nothing but the very best"!!.....I know, being the best gives quite a high and gets to be quite addictive too, but what exactly is wrong in being just another guy or gal!!....I believe the majority on this earth have to live with this so-called affliction, and while we may dream big and make our best efforts, we still can't seem to reach the pinnacle of our own field of work, but does that make us any less important?!...If anything, I would think, if it weren't for people like us, the so called creme-de-la-creme would have nothing much to rejoice about...It is we, the average people, who give them the distinction of being something special...If it weren't for people like us, the people at the top would have nothing to feed their big egos with. Now, I don't say, that all of them have big egos, but I'm sure many, after attaining that level of perfection, can't help but contract it......While we can very well live without the 'Best of the Best' , they on the other hand, can do nothing without us 'average folk'......'We' give them their ideas of supremacy, of being VIP's , feeding their insatiable need to stay at the top...

Also help me understand, why at all would anyone want to have the constant need to be on a lookout for adversaries, to be clinging on to something that is so fleeting!!....Why would they EVEN WANT such an addiction that takes away so much joy from their real lives in terms of relationships, normalcy of life!.... Something that might fill their wallets, but makes them poorer in terms of real friends, true love, joy & fun!!....I think, NO, I know, I enjoy being a mediocre person!! - a bit dissatisfied at times, wishing on occasion to be the center of attention, but overall quite fulfilled living my small but happy life. A life full of the more important things like friends, love and happiness...Yes, I'm sure the big-wigs wouldn't mind exchanging position with an 'Average Joe' like me ANYTIME :)......Today, I will make sure to thank God for making me so average :).....