To Be Good Enough
Have you ever had those moments you feel like you're not good enough? I have.
One of my flaws is that whenever I see someone doing better than me, I don't even bother continuing because what's the point if someone is already good at it. It's those moments that I don't even follow through and see my potential. I don't let myself grow and enhance my skills to be better and excel in whatever I want to do. Instead of telling myself that I can do it and I can be as good as others, I feel like it is a lot easier to accept defeat and not do it at all. There's a lot of whys and not a lot of hows. No matter how many times someone tells me that "practice makes perfect," I still don't listen. I want quick results and if I don't get it, I move on.
Because of me wanting quick results, I end up being disappointed at myself. It made me feel like a failure. Not only did I let myself down but also those around me. My family and friends see so much potential in me. They support me in everything I want to do and accomplish, so every time I don't achieve any of my goals it is not just me that gets affected, even them. I want to be good enough to a point that I can make all of them proud, that their support accounts for something.
At the end of 2017, a classmate showed me a brochure for a short story/postcard writing contest. Right away, I took an interest in the contest and started thinking of ideas on what picture to use and the story that can go along with it. The story was supposed to only have up to 250-words. It was hard, because how can you write a 250-word story that can make the reader feel something? Either way, I still wrote it, then rewrote it, then rewrote it again for two weeks. Then on the third week, I decided that my writing was not good enough and just not submit it. Two days before it was due, I showed it to two people; Bones and Bubbs (they're inside joke nicknames). Bones gave me a thumbs up and Bubbs said that it was so good that it can be a movie plot. He encouraged me to submit it, and even try to fully develop the story into a book. So on the day it was due, I submitted it. Honestly, I might have freaked out a bit after sending it, but there's no harm in trying. And as of this blog post, I don't know if I won or not because winners are not announced till the end of January.
(Update: I didn't win.)
What I learned from this experience is that we sometimes overlook our strengths and our potential, but there will be someone or a few people who will remind us that we are good enough. Being good enough doesn't mean we have reached perfection but the fact that we are willing to learn and put the time and effort in our life, goals and dreams. Being good enough doesn't mean being better than someone else, but realizing that each person is unique and different as they bring different perspective in life.
I am good enough, and so are you.
One of my flaws is that whenever I see someone doing better than me, I don't even bother continuing because what's the point if someone is already good at it. It's those moments that I don't even follow through and see my potential. I don't let myself grow and enhance my skills to be better and excel in whatever I want to do. Instead of telling myself that I can do it and I can be as good as others, I feel like it is a lot easier to accept defeat and not do it at all. There's a lot of whys and not a lot of hows. No matter how many times someone tells me that "practice makes perfect," I still don't listen. I want quick results and if I don't get it, I move on.
Because of me wanting quick results, I end up being disappointed at myself. It made me feel like a failure. Not only did I let myself down but also those around me. My family and friends see so much potential in me. They support me in everything I want to do and accomplish, so every time I don't achieve any of my goals it is not just me that gets affected, even them. I want to be good enough to a point that I can make all of them proud, that their support accounts for something.
At the end of 2017, a classmate showed me a brochure for a short story/postcard writing contest. Right away, I took an interest in the contest and started thinking of ideas on what picture to use and the story that can go along with it. The story was supposed to only have up to 250-words. It was hard, because how can you write a 250-word story that can make the reader feel something? Either way, I still wrote it, then rewrote it, then rewrote it again for two weeks. Then on the third week, I decided that my writing was not good enough and just not submit it. Two days before it was due, I showed it to two people; Bones and Bubbs (they're inside joke nicknames). Bones gave me a thumbs up and Bubbs said that it was so good that it can be a movie plot. He encouraged me to submit it, and even try to fully develop the story into a book. So on the day it was due, I submitted it. Honestly, I might have freaked out a bit after sending it, but there's no harm in trying. And as of this blog post, I don't know if I won or not because winners are not announced till the end of January.
(Update: I didn't win.)
What I learned from this experience is that we sometimes overlook our strengths and our potential, but there will be someone or a few people who will remind us that we are good enough. Being good enough doesn't mean we have reached perfection but the fact that we are willing to learn and put the time and effort in our life, goals and dreams. Being good enough doesn't mean being better than someone else, but realizing that each person is unique and different as they bring different perspective in life.
I am good enough, and so are you.
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