Nothing Less Than Extraordinary

Extraordinary is a term that we can be so shy of throwing around. When we claim to strive for extraordinary there is so much to lose because the bar is so high. So extraordinary can be scary because it is so easy to fall short of the mark.

Extraordinary can also be intimidating as we try to avoid pride and arrogance. Is not the pursuit of extraordinary in and of itself arrogant? If we strive for it we must feel we can achieve it, and if we feel we can achieve it we must think pretty highly of ourselves.

Also, if everybody was extraordinary doesn't that actually make everybody ordinary?

We believe that choosing to settle for Nothing Less Than Extraordinary is not about being arrogant, it is not about being better than anybody else. It is simply an attitude of not making excuses for why things aren't right in our lives. An attitude that chooses not to be a victim, not to blame anybody else, not to get caught up on chastising yourself into depression. An attitude where we don't accept our mistakes because, "that is who I am."

This is an attitude that instead takes personal responsibility and chooses to forgive, apologise, keep cool in conflict, laugh when life is hard, make changes when things aren't right, is willing to do the big and small things to strengthen our important relationships. This is an attitude that doesn't expect perfection but will never use being 'human' as an excuse for why perfection is not achieved.

I will settle for Nothing Less Than Extraordinary in my marriage. I will settle for Nothing Less Than Extraordinary in my workplace, as a father/mother etc. I am not Extraordinary in every area of my life but I will not choose to settle, I will not choose to give up, I will not choose to run away.

I will settle for Nothing Less Than Extraordinary!