Pushing to Excellence

Sometimes it is our privilege, maybe our duty, to push others on towards success. Are we pushing ourselves on enough towards that goal? Of course the example comes first. Have we found in ourselves the fire within to push towards excellence, enough that burns outwards towards our friends, and dare I say, what we might consider our competition? When's the last time you cheered on the one who made the role before you? Who made the time, or distance, when you couldn't? When will we turn that jealousy into inspiration? That is the challenge, is it not? Is it not the challenge to continue to press on, when it seems there is no possibility, but knowing there is no alternative but to continue? To burn the ships as you set shore? This is your time. And it ticks ticks ticks to the point that you are driven to madness you can't even watch the latest craze because it was what you should have been could have been would have been if it weren't for... if it weren't because... what excuse will there be to quit? There is no excuse to quit, unless you plan to be moving in a different direction, faster than the one before. Unless lightspeed is your preferred velocity. Where are you boldy headed? Where is your destination?