Penis Envy
OK, so I thought the title would be a pretty good eye catcher. Ha!
I have a friend who has the looks of a male model, but is noticeably below the average height, and he has small…feet. He’s always made little comments here and there to let me know that he’s jealous of my slightly larger…foot. He’s sure that if he was a little taller and his foot was a little bigger, that he’d have all the self confidence in the world, and he’ll have all the girls he ever wanted. His big foot would surely give him all the charisma in the world, his personality would be magnetic, and he would always know what to say.
In the meantime, I’m walking around at 6 ft tall, with an average sized foot, and I’m certain that if I had just a little more abdominal definition, I would have all the confidence in the world. My charisma would skyrocket, self esteem would be a self-sustaining ecosystem, and I’d finally get *the* girl.
Also walking around at this time is my other buddy, who has 5% bodyfat and a naturally god-like metabolism. He can eat fried Twinkies all day without blinking. His physique wouldn’t take a hit. However, he can’t grow muscles no matter how much Weight Gainer 2000 he drinks. He is sure that if he had just 20 pounds more muscle, that he would be complete, and all the beautiful people would flock to him. He’d be surrounded by talent, wealth, and gorgeous women because 20 pounds of muscle would change the world.
I’m not going to go out of my way to state the moral of this story. That would be insulting to anyone who can even read at all. I just wanted to ask myself (out loud), does the upward comparisons and inevitable envy make me want to be great, or is it what’s keeping me from becoming great?
December 1, 2007 at 11:58 am
Ahhhhh…that’s an easy one Doob. The answer is "neither".
Look "inward"…not "outward". It goes back to "Body Mind Mastery". Take another pensive look at the goal under your Avatar. Then go back and look at your high school photos and then look at your present Avatar photo.