complacency (noun)
a feeling of calm satisfaction with your own abilities or situation that prevents you from trying harder
Your achievements often trick you into becoming complacent or being in a state of complacency. Where you bask in the glory of what you’ve attained, the gleaming accolades from your past, and stop there.
“I’m too old for new learning” or “I’m old enough to know many things.”
In reality, we are too afraid or too proud to admit that we can only know so much until we don’t. Who has all the time to master everything?
And so the quest for learning new things should never end.
Looking back on what I have achieved (which may not be that great or impressive at all, depending on where you are looking from), what keeps me from becoming more than I already am is being satisfied with what is.
As tempting as it is to yield to the comfort of familiarity, I realized the importance of humility in the face of new learning. Because we can only be so good at doing something, but we can never be the best at everything.
Yes, it may feel painful to learn something new (like hurting your ego), but becoming better than who you are can be as rewarding as living a life worth living.
jessa 