We may never be the best at what we do. There will likely always be others who do it better. There are a lot of people in this world and many are born more gifted, more privileged, or simply more driven than ourselves. This is a fact of life. Ignoring it, denying it, or pushing … Continue reading With What We Have
When we first start practicing our art, it will be ugly. It will be messy. Things will not work the way we want them to. What we imagine will not be what happens. Our desires and our intentions will not clearly manifest through our efforts. We will fumble and get frustrated. We will get discouraged. … Continue reading Celebrating Art
We all seek and enjoy comfort. This luxury is more readily available to us now than it ever has been before. Of course we like to take advantage of it how and when we can. Unfortunately, comfort hinders growth. It makes us lazy and complacent. It keeps us from striving to be better. Those things … Continue reading Letting Go of Comfort
All we can do is our best. Some days, however, our best will not be good enough. Even when we give our all, we will sometimes come up short. There is nothing else we can do. We cannot go back in time. We cannot start over. What is done is done. We must learn to … Continue reading Not Good Enough
Improvement that comes too quickly is easily taken for granted. When we do not have to work for our progress, when it comes to us without much effort, we begin to believe that we deserve it. We begin to see ourselves as special, when we may simply be lucky. Having to struggle for improvement keeps … Continue reading Perspective On Improvement
