Focus Point
An Enemy Called Average
Have you ever noticed how easy it is to sit back, slow down,
do just enough to get by? It is within human nature to desire to create,
achieve, and make progress. But you have to stay on task because it is always
easier to do less rather than more, to put off what you don't feel like doing
until tomorrow, and to let someone else do what you should be doing, and so
forth.
Many towns and cities in America have a street by the name
of Easy Street, and the ones that I know of, go a few blocks and you guessed
it, a Dead End. I believe in life when we take Easy Street, or take the easy
way out we are headed for a dead end. It takes courage to rise above the norm,
it takes persistence to go for the unpopular, it takes discipline to do what
should be done, when it should be done even when you do not feel like it. It
requires less thinking of yourself to pick up a piece of trash off the floor in
someone else's work area. Any fish can swim down stream, but it takes effort to
swim against the current. The enemy for many people is allowing
procrastination, mediocrity, complacency, going with the flow, and being content
with average, to take over and take control. Most people just live life, but
the happy and successful people lead their life. John Mason said it well:
"There is something within each of us crying out to be above
average."
A man told a story about when he was a young boy, he came
home to his mother with school grades that were less than what she knew he was
capable. She said; "David, if you settle for mediocrity you are the top of
the bottom and the bottom of the top. You can do better than this."
Every person wants to be happy and content in life, and
interestingly enough it takes getting out of your comfort zone to make it
happen. John Mason also wrote in his book An Enemy Called Average “Be the whole person you can be. Don’t settle
for anything less. Don’t look back. Look forward and decide today to boldly
take steps toward the very best plans for your life.”
My encouragement this week is to rise above average by doing
what you should do, when you should do it.
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