Just Sayin.....

Do you ever have the feeling like you are the only one in the world that feels the way you do, thinks the way you think, views the world the way you do, finds things funny that you find funny? 
Here is a musing that I am having, maybe you will find this interesting, you might find yourself shouting at the computer, YES YES YES!!! or you may be thinking...WTFH!!! However you respond, just know that you were the one who clicked on this link, not me and you enter at your own risk..... MWAHAHAHAHA! (I think i had one too many sour keys tonight)

We are always encouraged to be unique, be original, stand out from the crowd, don't blend in, be number one! Well, not everyone can be number 1, only one person can....the number 1 has a limit...1...... I sometimes think that this mentality is really putting an unnecessary burden on ourselves. The idea "why settle for anything less?" makes everyone who has to feel like they have failed. We can't be happy as number 2, or 3, or 5,999,999,999...... or can we? Can we be happy knowing that we are not original, that we don't stand out, that we aren't the best? Can we live in the discomfort or maybe the comfort knowing that we don't really have to push ourselves to our breaking point? That we don't have to put in the time or the effort that being number one requires? Can we allow ourselves a little grace and be happy with a second place ribbon. Can we look at number one and say, "meh, that's OK for some people, but for me, number 2 is good enough, heck, number 3 would be fine too." Some people may need to shoot for the stars, me I would rather float around and actually enjoy the view. Maybe you have never had the gumption to shoot for number one, maybe this concept is foreign to you, maybe you are thinking, WHAT is she talking about? We are SUPPOSED to want to be number one???? If you are this kind of person, I would like to meet you.... I want to be you, I am convinced you are the type of person who has a life filled with joy and ease. You take life as it comes, you roll with the punches (could I BE using anymore cliches?) and don't get stressed out about anything. You are OK with letting others hog the glory, be the golden child, take all the prizes. You are satisfied with life, and are happy. I really want to know what that is like. Now we can be self deprecating and say that we are never going to be number one, that there are so many people that are so much more awesomer than we are, so we are number 2 but the fact remains, you still want to BE number 1. You still would blush and rejoice and cry, and pump your fists and high five perfect strangers if you were ever told that you are the best.... You are still one of those people.....the shooting for the stars people. I am one of those people too.....I want to be number one.... But those people who don't really care, are happy with where they are, what they are, who they are, those are the people I am looking for. I want to learn their secret. I want to be their groupie. I want to know how it feels to throw off the shackles of oppression, and say "MEH" You may be thinking, "but if no one wanted to be number one, nothing would get accomplished, not new things would be made, no one would be there to lead everyone else, there would be no one to emulate to look up to, there would be no drive, nothing to propel us forward.... no motivation to evolve, to become more than what we are".....and I can't help but wonder.....is that a bad thing??? Just sayin.......