I have to keep telling myself: It’s okay to be ordinary. (Ouch, it hurts to even type that word!)

In Pride and Prejudice, Elizabeth says she and Darcy are both unwilling to speak unless they expect to say something that will amaze the whole room. Likewise, I have always expected myself to sit and immediately write brilliant, thought-provoking prose. Simply writing what I see or feel never seems “good enough”.

Lately I’ve been learning that you don’t need a beautiful face, impressive accomplishments, or even a flat belly to be loved. And isn’t that why we want to be mind-blowingly brilliant after all? We hope our brilliance, our wit, our…something we do will catch another human being’s attention and they will consider us long enough to see how lovable and worthy we are.

The good news is, you don’t have to wait for love, and you certainly don’t have to compete to get love. It’s all around you. Be open to it and be ready for any opportunity to give or receive love. While you are waiting to be noticed, you can be living an ordinary, run of the mill, joy-filled life instead of trying to be perfect. And isn’t a joy-filled life “good enough”?