Refuse to be average. Let your heart soar as high as it will.”
― A. W. Tozer
There was recently a story in the news about how similar all hipsters look (though I suppose the author of the story could have chosen any group and made the same claim). A man contacted the publisher of the story to complain that his photo had been used in the article without his permission. On further checking, the publisher found that it was not the same man but someone for which they had a model’s photo release.
Point proved.
According to Webster’s dictionary, average is “having qualities that are seen as typical of a particular person or thing”. Hipsters, for instance (or cowboys, or surfers, or lawyers, or teachers…).
But often when we use the word average, we don’t mean that.
We mean “mediocre; not very good”.
“The food was just average.” “The presentation was just average.” “The store was just average.” “The date was just average.”
It is as if “average” requires a sigh of disappointment after the word is uttered. We know it could have been better.
But, if we are not careful, we will settle for a lifetime of “average” because average is enough. Not good. Not bad. Average.
But who wants to live life with a sigh of disappointment.
Have an impossible dream. Set an unreachable goal. Soar high.
You may fail, sometimes, and end up for a moment in “average”. But don’t settle for the mediocre.
Soar.
