{"id":907,"date":"2017-11-29T13:38:01","date_gmt":"2017-11-29T20:38:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/christine.kimballlarsen.com\/?p=907"},"modified":"2017-11-29T13:38:01","modified_gmt":"2017-11-29T20:38:01","slug":"good-enough","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christine.kimballlarsen.com\/?p=907","title":{"rendered":"Good Enough"},"content":{"rendered":"

What is good enough? Is there such a thing?<\/p>\n

Who is good enough? Is there such a person?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

These are the questions I’ve been asking myself lately. I find myself forever trying to be “good enough,” whatever that means. Good enough for who? Good enough for what? No matter – I hear that little voice in the recesses of my mind, helpfully reminding me that whatever good enough is, I’m not it.<\/p>\n

Not good enough. Gotta try harder. Gotta work longer, harder, faster, stronger. Don’t quit. Don’t stop. You’re not there yet. You haven’t made it to “good enough” yet.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Forgive me for my violent retching. Good enough.<\/em> Bah! As it turns out, such a thing doesn’t exist. I can’t be<\/strong> good enough because good enough is never<\/em> good enough.<\/p>\n

And so I quit. I give up. This fight isn’t one worth fighting any more. There is no winning when I’m trying to be something that doesn’t exist. Instead, I choose to recognize what I do, what I can<\/em> be, and what I am<\/em>.<\/p>\n

I work.<\/p>\n

I try.<\/p>\n

I give.<\/p>\n

I stretch.<\/p>\n

I hope.<\/p>\n

I cry.<\/p>\n

I feel.<\/p>\n

I fear.<\/p>\n

I love.<\/p>\n

I am not the person I was 30 years ago. I look at my posts from three years ago and realize that I am not that person any more, either. I am not the person I was last year. I am not the person I was last month, or two weeks ago, or even yesterday. And I am not the person I’ll be tomorrow, or next month, or next year, or in 30 years. I change and I become something different with every experience, every heartache, every success, every struggle, every change.<\/p>\n

But amidst all the change, there is one thing I know:<\/p>\n

I am good.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

And THAT is enough.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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