Today

[veleda]

Today I contemplated the mediocrity of the masses.

Comments

[iblis_kukl]

I guess that's one way to comprehend the value of infinity....

eliazar

[veleda]

grin.

[espiritkat]

and then you squashed them like bugs?

or beamed them love and awakening.

I find myself vacillating back and forth between these two a lot.

[veleda]

mainly i just sat with it.

[espiritkat]

There is definitely a lot of social reinforcement to just stay mediocre, safe, do what is expected.

We just had a death in the family, my mom's brother. He was a really nice man, I actually can not find anything bad to say about him at all. He had a very nice life and he did what was expected of him. Mom and I were trying to come up with quirky stories to share for his memorial, and we didn't really have any. It bothered me. Perhaps I have a fear of just being mediocre.

I thought about my own life thus far. I have made A LOT of decisions that were not the norm and caused me to be questioned by the greater society, perhaps even being labeled a deviant. }:-> But I can't help but hoping that if it were my wake that people would have lots of colorful stories to share about who I was on this rock. I'd like for people to laugh and say what a character, even if their stories made me look bad.

[quincidence]

it takes the existence of mediocrity to have the lows and highs. there are no extreme geniuses if all are genius.

each of us have a place in the plan, and though some will do great and some will have great, very few will be great. - My quote.

?????masses

[zarabold]

Sounds like fun-you must be better!

[nancyblue]

And what did you determine?

[veleda]

that every once in awhile I am one of them.

This was a depressing realization. ; )

[laughingstone]

I think mediocrity exists because people are brainwashed by the concept of normalcy!