Whitney Houston co-starred with Kevin Costner within the 1992 movie "The Bodyguard". The film was a worldwide hit grossin...
Whitney
Houston co-starred with Kevin Costner within the 1992 movie "The
Bodyguard". The film was a worldwide hit grossing $411 million. it had
been Whitney's acting debut and therefore the soundtrack was amazing. One song,
"I Will Always Love You" sold 20 million units.
Kevin
Costner was a speaker at Whitney's funeral. He told about how despite her
singing excellence she would come to him after filming every day and ask,
"Was I good enough?" This surprised him and he would assure her that
she had done an honest job. At the funeral he again said "Whitney, you
were good enough".
This
weekend I watched a CNN special documentary entitled "Linda Rohnstad: The
Sound of my Voice". This program described the lifetime of Linda who was a
singer, songwriter, record producer, actor and activist. She first hit the
charts when she was only twenty-one years aged . Over the years, she provided
diversification for the audiences with rock, pop, folk, operetta country and
Latin genres. Her awards include Grammys, Lifetime Achievements from numerous
organizations also as being inducted onto the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Despite
these accolades, words that she used during her narration for the CNN
documentary revealed the very fact that she didn't think she was ok .
These
two artists have had recognition from the planet who laud them as outstanding
entertainers but inside each of them felt that they never measured up. They
were constantly striving to satisfy expectations that they set for themselves.
The expectations, however, were so high that they prevented them from feeling
satisfied with their work.
Often
individuals in other walks of life do an equivalent thing to themselves.
they're appreciated and revered by observers but are never ready to grasp the
very fact that they need made good choices that led to positive impact.
There
are many areas in life where we rate ourselves - perhaps unfairly. But it
really doesn't take much to succeed in A level where you're "good
enough".
Only
one person in 100 throughout the planet features a degree. Excellent parenting
are often a rare find. Loyalty to the employer and company policy is usually
missing. Financial responsibility a standard occurrence in individuals,
organizations and governments. Even respect for the law and adoption of ethical
practices can't be expected from everyone. Kindness, inspiration and
encouragement also are traits that don't occur often enough for everybody in
society to profit .
Money
and fame aren't good measures for determining if you're ok . those that have
both of those often find that they still question their value and performance.
ok usually means you recognize the efforts you've got made and determine to try
to to your best within the future. you actually don't got to be "the
best". Just "your best".
And
if you are doing this and find that you simply haven't met your own
expectations, perhaps it's time to look at your expectations to work out if
they're realistic. Perhaps you would like to find out some skills to enhance
for subsequent time. Maybe you would like to only recognize that effort is best
than shutting down.
I
find that those that keep asking "Am I good enough" are usually
trying to find someone to validate them. Good luck with that! There are seven
billion people within the world and posing for opinions from others will likely
end in several dozen different replies. far better to only have realistic
expectations for yourself!
No
matter what you've got said, done or heard just start this New Year with the
thought that you simply are "good enough".
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