What's The Upside Of 'AVERAGE'?

 

Here's a giveaway question:  What's the UPSIDE of AVERAGE?  YES you got it, it means you're NOT an utter failure [YET].  NOW for the downside, can we agree that being AVERAGE means you're NOT really far off from a potential FAILURE?  DON'T get me wrong though.  I'm NOT here to whack AVERAGE people because I'll be the first one to admit that I'd rather tag myself as AVERAGE for now📗📙📘

Growing up, we all aspire to be the best.  I remember during my early years in grade school, I'll hear various career goals from many of my classmates.  One wants to be a scientist, another one's goal is to be a pilot, someone blurted he wants to be an astronaut.  And those were very commendable BUT of course, coming from young and innocent grade school students, it was understandable.  BUT as we mature, we still bear witness to aggressive ambitions around💚💛💜

In short, the school of thought that continues to prevail till now is that being AVERAGE just WON''T do.  It's like a dirty word.  I mean, WHO wants to be ordinary, mediocre OR just plainly regular, just one of the crowd?  YET in striving to be the best, we're often left disappointed WHEN we fail to meet our expectations and those of our loved ones.  We end up feeling we DON'T quite hit the mark❎❎❎

As recent as last month, as the academic school year in our country ended, there were at least 2 breaking news [that seemed to BREAK our hearts] because it reported 2 suicides of 2 students WHO committed suicide, all because they failed to reach their mark, literally speaking.  And for those tragic stories to happen, it really breaks our heart because this brings us back as to this conversation with regard being AVERAGE💥💥💥

Our takeaway:  The mother of all questions is WHO determines WHAT's AVERAGE?  WHO is the 'AVERAGE' Joe?  WHAT's an AVERAGE job?  It's a system of societal measurement that often leaves us feeling worthless instead of being worthwhile.  We measure ourselves against others WHOM we perceive as above AVERAGE without knowing the whole story.  YES, one could excel in one area of his life, such as being unusually kind and empathetic BUT be pretty useless at catching a ball OR solving equations.  Sadly, our societies tend to rate the more tangible skills over the more humane skills.  So, are we part of that diaspora WHO are so glued on anything that's above, way and beyond being AVERAGE?  Poor grief dude😖😖😖