Day 10; There will always be someone better.

You won’t be as good as that person, but it doesn’t mean you shouldn’t.

I look at the beautiful writings on Medium and wonder if I my posts will ever inspire the way those inspire me.

But I’ll write mine anyway.

I watch the girl who fights like a warrior at training and displays strength that I could only hope to have.

It won’t stop me going to training.

I hear the busker drawing people in with her songs as she plays on the guitar strings.

And I’ll sit at home and continue to fumble chords and sing in the shower.

I was talking to a guy once who’s face lit up while he watched his favourite drum sets and asked him, why did you stop?

Because I’ll never be as good as them, I have no hope of recognition, he says.

I ask, but does it make you happy?

Yes.

You don’t have to be the best. You do not have to put stress upon yourself when you don’t achieve as much as you hope. Be motivated, be determined, yes, but don’t give up because there are others better than you. A month after I started training Muay Thai, I stopped going. I felt inadequate compared to these other fighters who did what I struggled to do so effortlessly. I missed it enough to return to the classes and while I was dying slowly through the warm up my eyes fell upon a computer printed A4 sheet of paper blu-tacked on the wall saying;

“Don’t be afraid to fail. Be afraid not to try.” By Michael Jordan.

It lifted my spirits enough to push on, and a couple months later I’m still trying. Not because I think I’ll ever be good at it, but because I enjoy it. It’s self-developmental, and it reminds me that I’m not a nana, and yes I’m capable of being more physical than the average person.

So if it makes you feel good, if you enjoy it, then don’t worry about trying to make it. If you don’t, there’s no pressure, if you do, well it’s a bonus.

Just remember to enjoy it.