Better
I am admittedly not the best singer or songwriter or musician or entertainer. I’m not better than most professionals. I’m not the best writer. I’m not the best anything, but I feel I am good enough to at least try and do the things I want to do.
I gave up on trying to be the “best”. I just want to be myself and hope that people like it. Not to say that I don’t want to become a better singer, songwriter, entertainer, etc. I do. But it’s not the singular thing I am thinking about. I will get better with time (hopefully). But I think it is more important for me to follow my heart and follow what feels right.
I don’t want you to always feel like you need to be better than someone else. Don’t ever cave into the pressure of needing to be the best. What does the best even mean? Sure, maybe in running, it is easy to say that the best runner is the one that crosses the finish line first. But in most other situations, I can’t say what being the best means objectively. Is the best musician the one who sells the most records or the one who changes the most hearts? Is the best student the one who gets into the best school, or the one who truly decides to follow their passion? It seems more subjective than objective. To me, being the best just means trying your hardest to be who you were meant to be.
Someone left me this quote. It fits perfectly when it comes to wanting to be better or the best. The Suess knows how it is done.
“Today you are you, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is more youer than you.”
~Dr. Seuss
