Lately I’ve been wondering when the mediocre became so acceptable… When was it that our society became so watered down??? Brace yourself, this isn’t going to be my typical blog!
I feel like the older I get the more I want the finer things in life. While I haven’t lost my tight wad nature (I still can’t stand spending more than $25 for jeans), I have developed a strong appreciation for quality. There was a time in my life when I was perfectly happy drinking Coors Light, but now I’d rather drink water than a shitty beer. There was a time in my life when I was perfectly happy drinking Folgers, but now I’d rather have no coffee than Folgers.
I’m bewildered as I see people, even people who can afford better quality, accepting the mediocre. I look around and I see people accepting mediocre food, mediocre service, mediocre products. I even see them paying what I would consider high prices for these mediocre items. I don’t get it! How did we lose the ability as a society to recognize and seek quality in life?
I think a parallel phenomena is our society’s obsession with celebrity goings-on and reality TV. It brings to mind the Eleanor Roosevelt quote:
Now, I have always preferred discussing ideas or events, but I don’t think that’s because I’m a great mind. I feel like people discussing people has more to do with settling for mediocrity than it does the quality of someone’s mind. To me, people discussing people is akin to people being alright with drinking Folgers. Those people have simply settled for mediocrity. It’s not that they don’t have the capacity to discuss ideas, or that they don’t recognize quality, they’ve simply settled for less.
At times, in various segments of my life, I have settled for mediocrity too! When I let myself get to nearly 300 pounds I was settling for mediocrity. When I didn’t work out for nearly 5 years I was settling for mediocrity.
Today, I want to encourage you to rise above the hoards of people settling for mediocrity every day! You have the capacity to discuss ideas; you have the ability to recognize and demand quality. Demand quality in your conversations, in your food, in the service that you receive. Demand quality in yourself! Do this because you want to live forever, but you might die tomorrow. I mean, if you die tomorrow, do you really want to go out drinking Coors Light and watching TMZ!?!
Inside of you lives a great mind; an athlete; a connoisseur of everything! Let these parts of you flourish, and you can live the life of a king (no matter your budget) and you just may live forever. After all, there’s not much better for your health than the fellowship of great conversation; the nutrition of quality ingredients; or the enjoyment of loving the life you live!
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