You're the best.....around!

Remember that line from the best movie of all time, The Karate Kid.  You really are the best, you are the best you. Nobody can be a better you and you cant be a better somebody else.  You are who you are and thats the reality of it.

So often we get caught up in tying to be better than one another, being someone were not, thinking about a different lifestyle, and the big one, thinking everyone should think like you do.  Im not pointing the finger at you, yes you, sitting on that couch, in that chair. Im talking about the human condition, which includes all of us.  I think one of the most interesting things about people is that we see ourselves in each other.  The things that drive us nuts about other people are things we dont like about ourselves. Maybe this doesnt make sense at first, but as a good friend once said to me, "take a step back and look at yourself."  I find myself, many times over, complaining about one thing or another or being bothered by something someone is doing.  Its not 5 minutes later that I notice myself doing the same exact thing.  You get a good idea of who a person is by what bothers them, its true.

This is the great thing about being a people of communion and community.  We exist for each other, we are all part of the whole.  It is us who makes one another better, stronger, and more virtuous.  What a great gift this is to one another from the One.  The hard part is being able to love one another, not only to tolerate, but to correct one another out of love for the other and not to make them like us.  Everyone can take criticism, albeit some better than others, but its hard to dole it out lovingly.

The more crap we root out of our lives the less we will be burdened and the less we will burden others.  It is only in the communal interaction with each other and in the light of faith that these issues can be wholly destroyed and be made in to pillars of our lives.

You're the best......around. Nothing's ever gonna keep your down. You're the best!!!