The beauty that is revealed when people are functioning on all four cylinders is wonderful to see. For non-car enthusiasts, this means functioning at peak level, optimum level, the best level you possibly can function from, for now, that is.
Many of us are used to operating using only half our energy and ability, sometimes substantially lesser. Not getting too in depth into activities, jobs and life in general, is something we teach ourselves as soon as we realize we can get by by doing just the bare minimum.
If we have 4 hours to complete something, we finish the task by expanding the task to the 4 hours available, even if it takes lesser time. If we are given instructions of what to do, we follow the steps to the T even though we find inconsistencies in the instructions given. If we see something wrong happening, we assume somebody else will take care of it. If we think there are better ways to do things, we don’t take the effort to change the status quo. We let things be as they have always been and that’s okay. The world continues to go round and remains as it is. But, static lives are not the ones that revolutionize the world. The lives that go all out, into the depths, with determination and hard work, those are the lives that shake things up and those are the people who gain the most satisfaction from life.
If we live complacently and are unexcited about life, content in the shallows, it is exactly like driving a powerful car at 20 km/hr. As a person who loves driving, this immediately makes me cringe because whenever I have to drive at 20 km/hr when I can go faster, I feel frustrated, I lose interest in driving and I wish I was somewhere else.
Many of us are going through life frustrated, completely uninterested and wishing we were anywhere but here. We are doing the bare minimum and this is how we feel and we have no one to blame, but ourselves.
If we want to not feel this way. If we want to get up every day with a sense of purpose. If we want that feeling of satisfaction. We need to rev ourselves up and fire up those extra cylinders because going at 20 km/hr at in a 200 km/hr zone is ridiculous, inefficient and absolutely frustrating both for us and for the world around us.
Driving faster is obviously not the easiest. Our senses need to be heightened. We need to be aware. We need to have the appropriate skills or build them if needed. We need to put in the effort. We need to take the time. We need to be super focused. We need to sacrifice on what we might want to do at the same time. We need to do one thing and we need to do it well.
In life that translates to- wherever we go, whatever we do, we need to commit to doing our best, not just the basics. Living up to our potential is what we were built for. This is what brings satisfaction. This is what starts revolutions. This is what changes our lives. This is what changes the world.
Yes, there is more risk. Yes, distraction is not an option. Yes, It means more responsibility. But, the satisfaction experienced is honestly. definitely and considerably worth it.
A Life UNDER CONSTRUCTION! 