My boss called me into his office this afternoon. For alot of people, that might be the beginning of a really bad paragraph…and I will admit that I had my doubts…however it went very well, including him offering some rare compliments on my work and also giving me some very constructive criticism. But that really doesn’t have anything to do with why I wanted to write today…my boss said something that really made me think…as usual it was overly simplistic and yet also a little understated…”One of the unique things about me is that I am not jealous of other peoples success. That is why I want to see you succeed, and I can feel confident that you will because your predecessors have done awesome things. But the thing to always remember is that no matter who they are, no one else can do what you can do the way you do it. And you can appreciates other peoples work because you cant do it the way they did it.
Ok, so a little basic, but my artistic side is constantly having battles between appreciation of someone else’s work and envy at their ability to create art. But that is simple a lack of faith in the ability of God to uniquely create me and divinely purpose me for his plan. I can’t wait to see what he does…