IT IS NOT ENOUGH TO BE VERY GOOD

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Remember Mr. Quote Man? He sent me this quote this morning in email. ----- 

"It is not enough to be very good if you have the ability to be great." ---- (Alberta Lee Cox) "
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"Pwede na" -- is a Filipino expression said in a negative tone and meaning. It means 'that will do'. But that does not always have to mean it's the best job.... the best effort.... the best work.... the best performance.... the best idea.... the best plan.... It could mean that the person saying this may be simply so much in a hurry, has a deadline to catch, is impatient, is angry, doesn't care at all, or maybe -- just ordinary in his perceptions.
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The word mediocrity comes to mind. Mediocrity is defined as -- not very good, ordinary, average, middle-of-the-road, uninspired.
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"That will do" would reflect on the task performed, on the person who did it, and on the person evaluating it. As a friend said 'misery loves company' and further added that mediocrity plays on the same even playing field of incompetence and being ordinary.
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I saw this scene on local TV in a sitcom.... a mother chiding her daughter with this ------- 'Wag kang makuntento sa 'pwede na'. Alam kong merong kang ibubuga.'  - ('That will do' is not acceptable. Because you can be more!)
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Maybe we should teach our children to see themselves as .......... able to do so much more, able to be the best, able to shine bright and even brighter, and to believe in their own talents - skills - abilities - and potential.
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God does not create junk. Every living creation is special - two-legged or four-legged ... An obra maestra! There is no mediocrity in God's creation.
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It is only man who thinks himself less and small... when he is so much more, when he can be so much more! By God's design.

 (Thanks, Mr. Quote Man, for the quote.)