I was wondering about the meaning of the word 'excellence' when a sudden thought came to me: if excellence means to be 'extraordinary', to be almost 'perfect', whoever is not such, is 'mediocre'. And mediocrity is something to be avoided at all costs because it means that you don't really have any 'weight' in the economy of creation. You may be a good person, an honest person, an acceptably productive person, a relatively creative person but...that's all. You live immersed in the homogeneous ocean like a tiny wave that has exactly the same importance, or lack of importance as any other tiny wave - compared the the huge waves that sometimes emerge from and tower over the mass. OK, you are no genius, no hero, no world champion. So what? Does this really mean that you can't be 'excellent'? Absolutely not. The comforting thought that uplifted my mood was that you (I, everybody) can be excellent whenever you do your best, whenever you endeavor to overcome your (imaginary) limits, whenever you give the best of yourself.
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