Only the mediocre are always at their best

So here it is, another blog Tuesday and I am once again sitting at my desk waiting for the muse to tickle my fancy.

I've started and erased and started this entry again and again. First one okay idea, then another that is only alright. Nothing thrilling, nothing profound or earth shattering in its glorious genius has come.

What's an author to do? Moreover, what's a Life Purpose coach and author supposed to do when the creativity stream seems dry and a deadline looms?

Well, I'm gonna try telling the truth, just because it's the obvious place to start.

I'm stumped. Sometimes I've not got a great idea pounding away inside my head demanding to get out. Yet, I've committed myself to writing this blog every Tuesday, come what may. Or today, no matter what does NOT come.

So, for today, I'm letting myself off the idea hook. At least I am right now. No telling where this entry will end up, though I suspect there is homework waiting at the bottom of the page for you to do....heh.

Sometimes it's enough just to keep my word. No heroics are needed. Profound truths can come another day. Clever witticisms will shine another time. Sometimes it's enough just to do what I said I'd do, without great fanfare or an over-the-top effort.

Every day, my giving 100% varies. Some days 100% means that I can save the world, inspire and delight one and all with my writing plus cook and clean and be a great friend and dutiful daughter and romp the Moose with no effort whatsoever. Some days 100% means that I am on top of everything.

And then there are the 100% days where I am off my feed, as it were. On those days, it becomes far too easy to make myself wrong for not accomplishing the same amount of stuff I did yesterday when I was in crack form.

Sometimes my best ain't.

I guess that's my point today. Some days 100% is impressive and amazing. Sometimes 100% is not. Some days I can't even face -attempting- 100%, though those days are blessedly rare. We all have days when we're in top form, and some where we're just draggin'. Nonetheless, if we show up no matter what that looks like from day to day, if we just agree within ourselves that sometimes just making a genuine effort or admitting to ourselves that we can't save the world today is all that is really needed, then there is no need to assign blame.

Do what you can with what you've got. Treat yourself and others with loving kindness. Forgive yourself for expecting too much of yourself sometimes, and for letting yourself slide other times when you had more to give but held back.

The word integrity is a favorite of mine. It means, amongst other things, a cohesive whole. When you accept the natural waxing and waning of inspiration and energy, you are in integrity.

Do not resist the ebb and flow of life's energies and gifts. Do not resist where you are, even if it seems at odds with your goals and dreams. To resist only keeps you stuck.

Before you know it, something wonderfully ordinary or unexpectedly extraordinary makes itself known. The energy shifts, and things start to feel like they're moving again.

So, take it from me, not having a clue or being tired or uninspired is not a bad thing, it's only a thing. Like eveything else, it passes. Like everything else, your seemingly low 100% has the potential to make a positive difference. Don't worry that your 100% today is not the 100% you gave yesterday. It's still 100%, yes?

And on those days when there is nothing at all left to give? Save yourself.

After all, only the mediocre are always at their best.

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HOMEWORK FOR THE WEEK:

Observe yourself in your day to day life for a few days, and then answer these questions:

Where do you give 100%?

When do you give 100%? Who do you give it to?

What holds you back from giving 100% in your life?

Who do you know who gives 100%, and where do they give it?

Where would you like to experience 100% in your life?

What would it take to allow yourself to give 100% to your one precious life?

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....and I thought I had nothing to say. What was I thinking???