Keeping ahead of the traffic - without them knowing!

If there's one mistake I've made on my journey, it's taking the tightrope. Everyone here expects big things from you, and you can't every slip up. Also, you always get to that really hard bit in the middle, where it's wobbly and you have to use all of your effort to stay on your feet. It's at this point where most people fall. Some people fall the whole way down, crashing at the bottom and having to put themselves back together again; some people have a safety net underneath and only fall halfway, with a nice soft landing, but it takes those rare few people to keep going, or to hang on when they fall. It's unbelievably hard to do so, and you never know if you succeed until you get to the very end, and onto flat ground. And you know what? Even then people from all areas, down on the ground or above you in airplanes will criticize you and say you did something wrong.
   Okay, I can hear you talking. You're asking 'What is she going on about, and what does it have to do with me?' Well here you go. Here's my advice. Play it low. Stay on the ground in your Mini or Beetle and laugh at those people, higher up, or around you in their Ferrari's and Jaguars. If you play it low then no-one knows what your capable of, and you can surprise them whenever you do something good. If you don't flaunt everything you have and keep a bit back then nobody expects more than you can give, you don't get as publicly humiliated if you do something wrong, and you get the praise you deserve, without all of the haters, when you do something right.
   What I've learned is that trying to stay at your very best is hard, as people begin to expect it all the time and it gets tiring. If you at your best is what you are all the time, it isn't your best anymore, and you no longer have a best. In fact you might find 'your best' starting to slow down and wobble and your new 'best' being your old, relaxed, happy you that you find you often can't be any more.

So guys, go for a gentle jog down your own road, keep clear of pot holes and keep your eyes open for tight ropes. Wave to the guys up  there okay! They don't have as good a time as you think ;)