A friend wrote on social media about consistency.
"On my walk today I found myself thinking about consistency. Nobody ever wins an award for Consistency. Oh wow, look at
how reliable that guy is!!! The baseball player that can be counted on to lay down a bunt when needed is never recognized. The football player that is good at blocking is never interviewed. The golfer that always gets a good score, but never wins the tournament goes unnoticed. We like winning in our culture. Being the best always seems to be the goal. But there are only a select few who ever actually are the best. And so, what about those other people that show up every day
anyway?
I am a competitive person. So, walking a mile a day seems an extremely pitiful goal when compared to the impressive distances and speeds that I know many of you are doing on your runs. I don’t say this to knock myself down or to seek praise. I just notice that forcing myself to be absolutely consistent is a very difficult goal in and of itself. Committing to doing something every
single day, and then actually doing it, is not easy work. So, here is to all the regular folks out there that never got a blue ribbon in the fourth of July races but ran every year anyway. To the student that never receives honors but who shows up to class and does the work unnoticed. To the person who goes to work every day even though they hate their job. To the punter that consistently sends the ball 50 yards down field. I salute you!"
Relationships depend on this platform too. Being trustworthy enough to stay the course is itself a success. And I too salute you.
