The Most Well-Rounded Person on Earth

The most well-rounded person on earth may have no field of mastery.

The most exceptional person in a specific niche may have no sense of balance.

The person who falls in between these extremes may feel not as balanced as the well-rounded one, and not as outstanding as the exceptional one.

The person with few friends may feel unpopular.

The person with many friends may feel that they've isolated themselves by virtue of choosing quantity over quality.

The person who chooses principle over external validation may struggle materially.

The person who chooses profit over people may struggle to find authentic connection.

The person who fears change may miss out on experiences of a lifetime.

The person who never stops improving may find that no matter what they do, the person in the mirror never appears to be good enough to deserve love.

Strengths and weaknesses are two sides of the same coin. We long for the strengths we don't have; often unaware that we don't have them precisely because we don't truly want the package they come in.

No path we take is without some type of challenge.

This is why no matter what we do, we will never be as perfect as we envision is possible. It's because perfection is an illusion. Add some other strength, gain some other weakness.

We are where we are because we're happiest with the strength-weakness combination we've chosen at this moment in time.

We may think we'd be happier with some other perceived strength than the one we've got, but it's more than likely we haven't flipped the coin over to see the other side. If we did, we might find that it is possible to be quite content with where we are right now.

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