Are you in or are you out

"Dreams are always crushing when they don't come true. But it's the simple dreams that are often the most painful because they seem so personal, so reasonable, so attainable. You're always close enough to touch, but never quite close enough to hold and it's enough to break your heart." - Nicholas Sparks

Enough. I'm better than this.
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I wouldn't consider myself competitive. In fact, I don't even strive to be the best. The best I can be, for myself, sometimes. Perhaps. But aiming to trounce everyone else: nope, not my cup of tea. But today, after 20 years of cruising along, I realise that it's because I've never really had to work hard. Things have always just fallen into my lap. They just fall into place somehow. And that does give rise to complacency. Laziness, even, because then you just wind up taking success for granted. Failure becomes a stranger, or maybe like an acquaintance, someone you meet in passing what, once or twice a year.

Not wanting to be the best is one thing, but settling for mediocrity is another. In a similar vein to that above- Enough.