Vibe Commentary-3/22
Great day all,
The intro is still & will be the Same so I feel repetition isn’t needed.
Today’s Thought: Doing Our Best
“I have done my best. That is about all the philosophy of living one needs.”- Lin Yutang
Author’s Take: We all have tasks to complete or want to complete. Whether it’s something we want or not, it may need doing, as part of our lives. If it’s an Unpleasant assignment, we may not do it to the degree of our own satisfaction; just to put it behind us. Not doing it well may cause unpleasant feelings. A task well done gives us a sense of satisfaction.
Doing our best at whatever we endeavor should make us feel good, even if it goes unnoticed.
Ending Thought: “I may not always be able to do things as well as I would like, but I can still try to do the best I can, given the time and priorities I have.”
Thinking one has “Done Their Best” is Self-defeating & in most cases, a defending of their Limitations. Moreover, it places more emphasis on the opinions of others than of One’s accomplishments. Regardless of the amount of effort given, it is done only to the degree of the desire one wants to exert.
In a world oriented in Deeds, we all have things to Do, whether we like the task at hand or not. We all are taught, to some degree; to take pride in our work, to do the best we know how and to make serious effort to complete the deed.
We don’t always do the very best job if we haven’t learned the proper skills. If our skill isn’t “up to par”, it may take longer than a timed Schedule will allow. Mistakes may result.
Not being able to do the best at a task that’s possible, despite our effort or skill, causes most people to have feelings of inadequacy; possibly even ones of Failure. In our societal order, failure is Unacceptable. In the U.S., we have a Must Win attitude, to be the best, to be number One. Everything is a competition which we must all win. However, there can be Only one winner. Second place is the 1st loser. No one wants to be a Loser. This training starts at very early stages of life. Gender is irrelevant. Boys compete in competitive sports; as do some girls. Girls have to be the prettiest, most graceful or best dressed. Boys too, in some cases. And all need to learn the most that they can, to be the smartest, to have the Highest Grades (GPAs). The Failure is in the Judgement.
Don’t get me wrong, I believe that competition is important in the learning process; teaching us to do our best, to interact with society. Knowing we do our best, we feel good about what we have done and the Feeling Good is the important part of life. However, Criticism of how we do something only serves to build resentment of doing any more. That resentment is more the cause of Not doing something better, than the effort we put into doing it. It creates a perpetual cycle that becomes less and less fulfilling with each effort we attempt.
This is all Effort Based thinking. This makes our life conditional; on how well we perform, how we’re judged by our peers, superiors or parents and society. For the most part, hardly anything is ever Good Enough for a large portion of people. Whether we are criticized by parents as children or “teachers”; we learn to feel less than our best. We are taught, by religion, example or habit, that we are Not perfect. We can never reach perfection but must always strive to attain it. How this contradiction of thought or belief affects the outcome depends on the individual and their state of acceptance. Most importantly, it depends on each individuals level of Self-Worth.
Law of Attraction is not task oriented but emotion based. Regardless of What we do, how we do it or whether we do it; it’s how we FEEL doing it, that’s important. When we feel good, we are happy, regardless of the outcome of a task. Less happy if the result is not how it was thought to turn out. The same outcome when in a less accepting/allowing mindset, may result in Disappointment, Anger, even Violence…
We can always do things “As well as we’d Like” because we create our own reality. That includes, more so than anything; how we FEEL at any moment.
If we find something we enjoy doing, we do it well and often. We feel good about the doing of it. This is the greatest gift we can give ourselves. Life IS supposed to be fun and enjoyable. When we can reach that state of happiness, we feel we live a more of a fulfilled life. There will still be things we don’t want but need to do, we may still not do everything the best it can be done but when we have a joy of life for the things we do that we enjoy, the lesser well done efforts matter less. We acknowledge we aren’t able to do it as well as another and we are glad to let others, more skilled do the things we don’t do as well.
Be happy in your life, regardless of what you do. If you don’t like it, don’t do it. If you can let someone else that does it better, sit back and watch and learn and appreciate that it was done well.-JMO
Happy Creating!!
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