Just Stop! (And Be Most You)

Yesterday, I found an interesting quote that I’d jotted down on an old piece of tax mail a few years ago. I’m constantly doing that, scribbling on pieces of mail. It makes going through my files a pleasant surprise some days, though, of course, it can also be a bit of a distraction.

Anyway, the quote was this:

“Just Stop!

& continue on as before.

All will be well, if you Do well.

& you do well by being your best.

And you are your best when you are most You.”

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I love that I wrote that: “You are your best when you are most you.”

Of course, when I wrote it, I was telling myself, “I’M my best when I am most ME,” but I think it probably works for just about anybody, unless the person is worthless; which, it seems to me, would be an extremely difficult feat to achieve.

And so, the obvious questions that arose when I rediscovered that quote were, “Why did I write this?” and “What message was I sending myself?” and, more concerning to the current Jason Kornblatt, “When AM I most me?” and “When am I being my best?” “What does it mean to do well?” and also “What did I need to ‘Just stop!’? And… “HAVE I stopped whatever it was that had me so adamant?”

I’m 100% not sure, because I don’t recall why I decided to jot this down. I can make an educated guess, of course, because I’m still me, and always have been, so far as I know, and so have a degree of insight into what makes me tick.

One thing that I AM sure of is that I’m in a different situation than I was back then. My job is different, my focus is different. I’m older, my wife and kids are older, and, hopefully, at least a few of us are wiser. I’m still just as bald, but that doesn’t make me ME as much as it makes me keenly interested in the future of hair loss science.

Still, if I’m going to tell myself that I’m at my best when I’m most me, my gut instinct is to let myself think about it with my fingers. And now I’ve done that.

So, when are you most you?