Quoted from the blog on forgetting being good and choosing to be great instead...
I’ve made a commitment. I’ve realised I’ll never be the ‘good boy’ I thought I ought to be, but I can become ‘great’. I didn’t vote for Boris, and I’m pretty sure he’s not a good boy either, but he’s becoming a great leader. President Trump has certainly got an interesting history that would probably preclude him from being described as having been a ‘good boy’ but he’s doing a great job. And, sorry, but I’m no Royalist – nevertheless, I’m a fan of the ‘great’ job Her Majesty does.
We may not be good, but we can be great.
What about not being the beautiful kid on the block? What about not being picked for the team – or being last to be picked? What about not being popular? What about not being to Prom Queen or the Prom King? What about not being Captain of the team?
I get it at last after a long look in the mirror: I’m never going to be the ‘beautiful boy’ or the ‘beautiful girl’. But I’m going to become more like Dale and Amanda at work (not to say they aren’t beautiful). Both of them give me such a warm welcome at work that I feel like a prince. As such, they are both massively ‘attractive’. We may (or may not) be beautiful, but we can be attractive and make others feel great.
It’s fascinating that Jesus is described as having no outward appearance that we would find beautiful… and yet children flocked to Him. This means He was extremely attractive.
I think truly attractive people make us feel good about ourselves, which is why they are good to be around, whereas beautiful people can make us feel envious, we can admire them, we can want to be like them, but we feel less than them.
Attractive people make others feel great.
And before I draw to a conclusion, I want to say, I wouldn’t have had the breakthroughs I hope you are going to enjoy too unless I had spent time with my coach, Kim Searle. Let Kim help you “Be More You!”
And as for being brave – I think it is over-rated. I choose ‘courage’ instead. Courage can act when we still feel like wetting ourselves with fear. Courage is action from the heart.
That’s us then:
Not bold but courageous;
Not beautiful but attractive;
Not good but becoming heroes.
Yes, maybe not ‘good’ but definitely ‘great’!
