Good enough

I recently drove a golf cart while Michael played on a nine hole course here in Chicago 
He played with three guys and two of them were very good players
Their friend that was in town visiting, not so much 
Every swing and putt, this guy was all over the place
The thing that I noticed 
He wasn’t bothered at all
He continued to hit and miss and play on
I guess he thought he was good enough 
And he just seemed to enjoy being there
It got me thinking about when someone is better than you, how do you handle it?
Do you get jealous 
Are you bothered 
Or is it ok to be good enough?
Good enough on its own has a negative tone 
But, what if you are truly good enough?
I’m okay with who I am and where I am, mostly 
I’ll admit that sometimes Facebook makes feeling jealous a real thing 
We all have siblings or friends that out earn us and seem to live bigger lives 
There will always be someone who has more zeros on their checks 
Even Jeff Bezos and Sir Richard Branson can relate to that 
Edmond Mbiaka said, “I love to see people succeed in their various endeavors, because successful people motivate me to keep moving forward and to keep believing in the possibility of my dream. Having this kind of mindset makes it impossible to envy successful people, because their achievements would definitely help you to discover the greatness that lies within you.” 
I completely agree
I figure if it happened to them
It can happen for me
My life is whatever I make it
I can’t worry about comparing it to anyone else 
And that seems good enough to me



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