The Contentment of Mediocrity

Just a super random thought:

It's so much easier to be content with where you are than to strive to go higher (financially, spiritually, emotionally, etc). I mean, there is so much risk is attempting to better yourself. You risk alienation from your peer group. You risk immersion into an environment with which you are unfamiliar. You risk loosing the status or foothold that you once occupied as a result of giving it up in an effort to move on to something else. Afterall, an old life will not always wait for you while you try out a new one. And of course you risk failing, and falling flat on your face which results in lots of things such as self rejection and public humiliation.

Maybe its just better to stay where you are. Don't risk it. Afterall, you're not starving. You're not that unhappy. You've got some sort of income. Why take a chance and jump if you're only likely to end up worse off than when you started?

What's my take?

I'd rather end up flat broke, depressed, and lonely at the bottom after falling on my face in attempt to climb to an unattainable plateau than to stay in a world full of contentment with mediocrity.

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In other news, vacation spotlight (I'm currently saving up for this one):

Palma Mallorca, Spain

Now I don't speak a lick of spanish. I mean, I probably know 10 words total, including numbers 1 through 5. But this is a vacation spot for many of my family members and all I've heard are good things. I think that sitting on the beach and looking into the dazzling clarity of unoccupied waters appeals to me. I've got God, my dear cousin (who is now a citizen of Spain), and some of the best beaches in the world.