Avocados exist on a spectrum.
Avocados are unapologetically hard on one end of the spectrum; we call them not ripe enough. Somewhere in the middle of the spectrum, avocados become suitable to eat, later changing into a mushy, rotten, sad existence.
Various people like avocados in different stages of development. Some like them a little bit hard, and others like them mushy better.
Personally, I like the mushy option.
In general, we can say with 100 per cent certainty that some avocados are just not good enough.
We can wait until they are ready or just throw them away.
Either way, we do not engage with them much and allow them to lay silently in the basket until they are to our liking.
People are not like avocados.
They are not on the spectrum of being not good enough or just right. This is a ridiculous claim, but we tend to believe it.
But why?
- Our parents told us that if we were not going to be good enough, we would fail. We do not really know what that failing would look like, but it is possibly the most horrible experience since everyone is terrified of it.
- We “know” that if we are not good enough, we will miss something big in life, like falling in love. Not being enough is the sole reason someone is not lucky in the romantic department.
- Finally, we think that if we are not good enough, we will regret not achieving something spectacular in life.
Anxiety and regrets. A lot of responsibility for something that does not exist.
You are not an avocado.
Your worth cannot be measured.
You do not have a “best before” date.