Do Hard Things

Here is a clip of an excelent post I found on The Rebelution. (Hee hee, big surprise!) I found it very provoking.

We Expect More Of Babies Than We Do Of Teens
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The truth is that we [teens] are incredibly susceptible to cultural expectations and once we have satisfied our culture's meager requirments we stop pushing ourselves.
Why does every healthy baby learn to walk while very few teenagers are sophisticated enough to have mastered the Waltz? One is expected, the other is not.
Why does every normal baby overcome communication barriers by learning to talk while very few teenagers overcome barriers between themselves and their parents by learning to communicate? One is expected, the other is not.
And why do we sympathize with the poor "non-math" teenager while we admonish the "non-toilet" six-year old? Because using the toilet is a basic skill that is necessary for life, but unless they plan on becoming an engineer, most people never use Algebra.
We live in a culture that expects the basics, nothing more. We live in a culture that expects you to get by (i.e. potty trained), but not to thrive.
The Rebelution's challenge to you is this: Have you really found your limits or have you merely reached a point where our culture's expectations no longer demand that you succeed?
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