To those of you who are not captains of industry, you are good enough.
If you haven’t climbed Kilimanjaro or run a marathon, you are good enough.
To you who weren’t valedictorian, who didn’t graduate summa or magna cum laude (and who think if you speak Latin at all it should be used to say things like nunc est bibendum) you are good enough.
I visited a university campus last weekend and I had a flashback to my own college experience. On getting in and getting out I felt that pressure to prove I had milked every last second for every bit of opportunity so my prospective college/employer/friends could see I am smart, hard working, creative, sociable, a leader, athletic, responsible, reliable, charitable, determined, focused… I had it easier than it must be today. That pressure now feels like it’s all the way up to 11.
You don’t need to prove anything to me. Be a good person. Do no harm. Get enough sleep. Try not to be a dick; know that sometimes you will be and for those times I only ask you feel humility and remorse. Life is not a competition but if you want it to be, if that’s what makes you happy, I don’t mind that either. If you feel that pressure to be better today, know that your mere desire to want to be better means that you already are good enough.
