I don't see what's so wrong with being average. I've spent my entire life doing just that.
Most people might see this statement as selling myself short, but I call it being realistic.
Tragically, your kindergarten teacher lied to you when she told you that everyone can be exceptional. The truth is that people can only be exceptional when being compared to someone who is less than exceptional.
I don't mind admitting that I'm average because that's exactly what I am. Average grades, average height and an average job equal an average life.
Naturally we all have our moments of staggering kindness, hilarity, brilliance or whatever, but for the most part a lot of us are average, and that's OK. I imagine that doing otherwise would be exhausting.
I used to get offended at the thought of being average because the word seems to carry a negative connotation when it shouldn't. Average does not mean bad.
While it isn't necessarily exciting, there's nothing wrong with it.
During the summer and winter holidays, I don't go jet-setting to exotic locales. Instead, I go home and work in a restaurant and save money for the upcoming semester--which is about as typical as it gets.
Like I said, boring, but not bad.
Have I ever wished that I was the beauty queen or the smartest kid in class?
Sure, with the exception of Miss America and the valedictorian, who hasn't?
But I feel like people should recognize the word average for what it is. Think about any data, such as test scores, that's plotted on a bell curve. There's always some that lie on the low end of the scale and the higher end; however, most of us sit in the middle.
That's all average is. That's all it means.
At the end of the day I may fall in the middle of the bell curve, but I can say I'm content with just being myself, and that's all that really matters.
Being average is more than just the participation trophy of life; it's what makes the world go 'round. You can't have a world where everyone sits at the top of the bell curve, where everyone is the prettiest, smartest, kindest person because then no one could be that person.
So give being average a chance. After all, that's what most people are.
I choose not to worry about trying to seem exceptional. Besides, there's always one thing in my life that I'll always be exceptional at and that's being average.
So if it's all right with everyone, I'll rest on my laurels of being exceptionally average and take life as it comes.
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