Be all that you can be... Not necessarily

I am on a diet for the first time in my life.... The Diet includes most things I like. It still cramps my style. That style in my native language is called "Sappadu Rami". A long standing friend of mine loosely translated it as "Piglet". I realised her affection for me in not shortening that lovely word. And all this came about since I took this term meant to maximise potential too literally. I am all I can be and more. The silver lining to this is that I am able to lose about a kilo a month.


The second area one should not maximise potential is credit card debt. I did not fall into that trap because shopping exhausts me. And I was born a decade too late to be comfortable enough with the Internet to merrily click and buy stuff. In the heart of my heart , I am suspicious about this whole thing. My laziness does propel me to use it for banking and trading.. but not much more. The same argument goes for taking loans beyond one's reach which mortgage all possible future earnings


The US Army has had the Slogan--"Be all that you can be" for a long time. The results of becoming part of that potential maximising exercise has not always been a happy experience. If being all you can be involves warfare, conquests etc..., you may want to pause and reflect.


\What one needs to do is to go back to old theories and be all that you can "Comfortably" be. Mr.Abraham Maslow called it self -actualisation. To reach it there are certain things you need to be able to check out as accomplished. they are:
This achievement is grounded in reality and not fleeting.
It lacks prejudice and does not depend on someone else' rise or fall. Wanting to be the best looking person in the Gym is asking for a lot of potential heartbreak.
It is motivated by growth and not deficiency.

I hope to get there someday . I am on the look out for goals which are worth striving for. Care to join ?