‘I’ for Excellence

Hastening through the office doors

Trundling towards my bay

I’m interrupted by a familiar voice

“Slow down, it’s Just Another Day”!

I sit back in my chair

Ruminating over what I hear

Examining what changed between this morning and the last

I must admit, the evidence ain’t too clear…

I begin to sift through my e-mails like everyday

And prepare to respond to another stinker from a tenacious colleague

I know what I shouldn’t write this time

Experience tells me to guard against being too meek

I stop that instant, the cogwheels turn

I smile to myself as I begin to see

The difference that came with the day gone by

Was the difference that came in ME

I realise as I heave along my road to success

Journeying through the myriad of seasons life presents

Each gale that knocks me to my knees

Must strengthen my resolve, must reinforce my intent

I am limited by my choices

To rise to the occasion or continue just the same

Each day is an opportunity to better myself

Reinvention is the name of the game

I have not all the knowledge troves

Or skills documented in the books - old or new

But what I have is the will to learn

To improve myself and what I do

As I look inside, hastening to find that fire

I discover it feeds solely on passion to achieve the extra-ordinary

I wait not, I stop not, I let it consume me whole

For I now know, the road to EXCELLENCE begins from ME!!