Goodness Greatness

You're absolutely freakin' great, but don't flatter yourself, you're not great all the time. You're not even great most of the time. It would be impossible for anyone to be great for such a long period of time. But you can be great for a second, a minute, five minutes or even a half hour. Greatness comes and goes, and a lot of the time people forget that deep down inside, they really are truly great.

You can be great just by complimenting someone at work and letting them know that "hey, I do realize that you exist!" ... or by allowing someone to cut in front of you on the highway or in line at the grocery store. You can even go far out of your way by carrying bags for an older man or woman, or calling a friend just to say "hi." Maybe you're way of being great is by rocking it at the gym and getting a killer workout in, or finally accomplishing a simple task or job that you've been putting off for a long time. Life is unrealistically short, and when all is said and done, what matters most is how you've been great to those around you, those who care for you and those you care about. Shit, I'm 32 years old, on my way to 33, and I've spend way to much time NOT being as great as I can. We all have reasons why we don't reach our "potential greatness." The good news is, it's never too late to be great.

Bottom line, there are hundreds of ways to rock and be great. And there are millions of ways not to be great. Will you be defined by one act of greatness, or more? I'd like to think that true greatness is measured by an infinite number of small acts of greatness. Otherwise, we'd spend decades of our lives being, only to be remembered for 5 short minutes.

What great thing(s) will you do today?