Every so often, these thoughts, they enter my mind, sometimes strong, sometimes weak. A random photograph, a song, a passage from a book, triggers my mind and I think.
Do I have what it takes?
Will I make it?
The people around me are sophisticated, poised, shrewd. They know how to get what they want. They know how to get around. They know the way.
They’re aware of the tactics, and they don’t mind breaking the rules. Morality comes later.
They are the types who won’t mind shoving it in your face; they won’t mind clawing you to get ahead.
They have it all, people say. They have it all.
And again I think:
Am I good enough? Good…but is it enough?
And then…then the Voice spoke aloud again. The very same Voice which had helped me when I needed it, the Voice which had guided me forward when I couldn’t see, the Voice which was always by my side. The Voice which urged me to move ahead no matter what, which kept me grounded when I floated above.
And the Voice told me, as it had always done, “The only person you need to be good enough for is only, and only, you. As long as you're honest to what you do, they cannot harm you. ”
And instantly, all my doubts, fears, insecurities were washed away. All of them. As long as I knew that I did my best, that I gave it all I had, that I was the best I could be…t’would be alright. I needn’t be good enough for them. I needed to be good enough for me, and for me alone.
Content.
Thats what I am.
Content.
"I'm good enough, I'm smart enough and doggone it; people like me. " - Al Franken
