I'd Rather Stop Being the 'best' and Start being more Badder..

Karate Kid song: “Try to be best, ‘Cause you’re only… ” 

Now stop it. Sweep the Leg. 

The best is the enemy of the good ~Voltaire

Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without ~Confucius

Striving to better, oft we mar what’s well ~Shakespeare

Here is a little game of “I’d Rather:”

I’d rather be bad at something for a greater good; then to be good at something for a greater evil. 

Examples- 

I would rather write badly (and improve over time), then to write for a good test score.

I would rather draw badly, then fill in good bubbles with a #2 pencil.

I would rather dance badly, then sit in a desk ‘well behaved.’

I would rather harmonize badly, then be well shamed, and well-silenced.

I would rather sing badly, then to be approved or disapproved of as ‘good’ enough.

I would rather create a bad poem, then annotate a ‘good’ one.

I would rather crochet a bad looking scarf, then garner a scarf from a good looking ad.

I would rather cook a bad meal, then eat a ‘good’ lie.  Too far?

I would rather be abnormally ‘bad’, than ‘normally’ good? Wait, does that work? See? 

Badly, well done!  ~I

I would rather be enlightened with ‘bad’ truths, then shadowed with ‘good’ lies. 

I would rather be bad at honest self-expression; then to be good at deceptive mimicry. 

What is the good life then? To “look” like your life is good? Is it?

I’d rather look like a fool with bad skills, than be a fool with none. 

*I’d rather be an unexceptional revolutionary, than a complacent spectator. 

I’d rather die of natural causes, then of manufactured casualties. 

~Damn, I’m on a roll… 

Stay tuned for tomorrow’s “Being the Best- why you should not settle for being just good enough.”

Confused? You won’t be.