Moscow Mountain Christmas Eve
At first glance the phrase ‘Abandon Mediocrity’ seems to be about not being mediocre. Looking closer I see that this phrase is more about renunciation rather than being ordinary. Ordinary really means normal and together, normal and ordinary point to reality. Just what is real. Not a question but an seeing. Reality is very ordinary and can’t be anything else. ‘Ordinary reality’ is redundant but you get the point.
‘Abandon reality’ — wasn’t that the battle cry of the 60′s and 70′s? Most of us who were alive then, went about abandoning reality in not so healthy ways. Abandon your clinging to your mental construct of reality and just live. Live and let live. Still a good plan.
This morning I read a little piece about how a pine tree supports the other trees and the forest just by being. The tree doesn’t expect an extraordinary existence. It is a fine example of mediocrity abandonment. The birds come and go — insects come and go — water is transpired through its needles — the nutrients that support growth are returned when it falls. Never any expectation of recognition. Perfect accord with reality. Mediocrity Abandoned