I read something the other day that the concept that we are “enough” makes us settle for mediocrity and I took cause with it—not offense, but cause.  The idea that “enough” makes us settle on the surface makes sense.  If we believe we are enough, there are those who wouldn’t continue to strive for anything better.  But I want to be clear that if we are operating from a place where we have to be more to be deemed worthy, that is toxic, untrue, and damaging.  The concept of enough isn’t about settling where we are—it’s about understanding who we are.  It’s about knowing that we have the ability to move forward and are capable of seeing things through and being who we are meant to be.  It isn’t about stopping the train where it is, it’s about finding the momentum inside to keep it going like a perpetual motion machine.

When we feel we need to do more for the sake of proving, that creates negative thought patterns and unrealistic (and unnecessary) striving.  I’m not saying don’t have goals or don’t shoot for things that seem beyond reach, but I’m saying that ISN’T the determining factor in who we are—how far we succeed on someone else’s timeline isn’t what makes us successful.  Often when we realize our worth we push ourselves forward even more because we finally understand what we are capable of and we see what we want to do and a way to do it.  So understanding enough isn’t about taking the easy way out—it’s about finding and DOING the deeper work.

I think it’s important to differentiate that the purpose we have is what makes us enough as well. The distinction here is that, no, I don’t believe anyone is simply meant to sit and eat bon bons and watch TV all day.  We are born for something greater. In a world that indoctrinates us to be anything but who we are from birth, recognizing, accepting, and acting on our given gifts is a damn miracle.  If we understood that all we are meant to be is who we are, perhaps bringing out our gifts to share with the world earlier would allow the rest of the world to see who they are as well and we wouldn’t be in this competition to become the same person but “better.”  It doesn’t work like that.  So I’m saying enough IS enough—it IS enough to simply be who we are meant to be, and I would argue it’s imperative.  The world needs us to be who we are.