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Aspiration to Greatness

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Aspiration to Greatness

I aspire.
I aspire to become great.
No, not for others, but for myself.

I value the opinions of others, of that have no doubt.
I cherish the words of praise or critique my contemporaries honor me with.

I cherish them all positive or negative, because no person's opinion of me impacts me as deeply as my own.

For I am not so great.

I am my harshest critic.
What I produce is never truly satisfying to my own eyes.
Although I may take such great care in my work, it is bound to have at least a single flaw.

Perhaps no one will even notice or say anything.

But I will know it is there.
And I will know I can do better.
Then I will strive to overcome that flaw.

And I will.
And I will see another.
And I will overcome that flaw too.

Yet I have come to the realization that there will always be flaws, so I do not aspire to be perfect, only great.
For if I cannot improve, then why should I create more than just one perfect thing?
This is why my work will never be flawless in my eyes.

Flaws move me to become more,
they are my impetus to create, the reason for my aspiration to greatness.

How do I overcome my flaws?

I learn to love them.
I embrace them.
I work with them until they are no longer flaws, but strengths.

Love, passion, and flaws are the strengths of my creation.

If I have created something flawless and have done so without passion or love, then I have not created at all, only manufactured.

I refuse to manufacture anything.

I aspire to greater things.
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logicalpencils's avatar
This is AWESOME!!!

I'm gonna write a "sequel" to this... give me a week :D