Disappointment
It occurred to me a few weeks ago that one of the biggest disappointments of my life is that I am not the best. At some point, I’m not sure when, I realized that there is nothing at which I am the absolute leader. I am not the most intelligent, not the fastest, not the strongest, not the most popular, not the funniest, not the purest, not the most artistic, not the most creative, not the most disciplined, not the most humble.
I am normal. I am one of many. I am not the pinnacle.
There was a time when I thought there must be something at which my ability is unprecedented, something I could do better than any other person who has ever lived, but I have learned that there is not. And this knowledge is crushing.
More proof that I’m just a typical male.
Comment by jdawe
why not be the best adam goforth?–i’m the best jonathan dawe (except for that pesky, hot-shot lawyer out there with my name…)
Posted on January 14, 2004 at 7:41 pm
Comment by Adam
He can’t be the best Adam Goforth, I am. But don’t feel too bad. Walk proud Adam Goforth! You’re a member of a small, but brilliant group of people, the Adam Goforths!!!!
Adam Goforth
Posted on February 19, 2004 at 1:32 am
Comment by Adomina's Incubator
Normal? One of Many? Typical Male? I don’t think so! You are in all ways unprecedented and have been since the moment you were born…So much so, that I have often wondered from whence you actually hailed???
Posted on August 3, 2004 at 7:49 pm
Comment by Olivia
But you’re the cutest! And the least socially awkward! And the most inappropriate!
How did you get from “this knowledge is crushing” to where you are now (adjusted, unassuming, comfortable with being average)?
Posted on January 15, 2008 at 2:51 am
Comment by Adam
I can’t say that I’m comfortable with being average. I still fantasize regularly about being extraordinary and I have to be reminded, either by external or internal force, that I am not.
Posted on September 8, 2008 at 10:08 am
Comment by Michael
Roomed with this guy, had it all together at 18. Wish I would have followed the same path, luckily, have grown in business regardless of education. Wish I knew him now. Best Adam Goforth I ever knew.
Posted on September 10, 2008 at 12:01 am