Thursday’s Truth
Today I’ve been giving considerable
thought to validation and what it means for me in my life. There are certain
things I repeatedly do, over and over again in the hopes that I am validated
for my efforts – either through self-progress or by way of others acknowledging
and appreciating whatever it is I’m doing.
Because I’m constantly reevaluating
myself and wondering how I can be better, how I can do more, how I can be more,
validation is something that is very real for me. And something that I need
pretty much all the time. I used to think that this tenant of my personality
made me weak, that needing something other than what comes from me is a sure
sign of one who does not have her shit together. Turns out that couldn’t be
further from the truth.
Validation isn’t so much about
winning a shiny trophy, or having a bank balance with five digits. It has less
to do with the quantity of anything and more to do with the quality. If I want
something badly enough, and I work hard enough for it, then it is likely to
come to me. It might not be in the original form, or in the manner in which I originally
sought, but it does come. While that’s surely validation enough to keep me
going, it’s also nice when my fortitude is recognized in other ways. Today, I received
some really fantastic writerly news that I am eager to share when the time is
right. It proved to me that what I’m doing is what I’m supposed to be doing,
that the validation I can find in the end result is just as brilliant as it is
in the process.
My favorite
philosopher love Aristotle is quoted as saying, “We are what we repeatedly do;
excellence then, is not an act but a habit.” Damn that dude was smart!
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