Standards

What are standards? Why are there standards? Should standards be a milestone or benchmark? This is only some of the questions I ask my self when the word standard comes to mind. Standard can be defined by "A level of quality or attainment". So we are standard, we have reached the minimum level for quality. But what if we are below standard? Does it mean the we have less of a quality of those who passed the standard, and what if the standards are too high for us, even if we try our best and work really hard but still do not reach the standards, will our hard work and effort be in vein?

I have experienced working hard to achieve a standard, I trained and gave effort just to be qualified. The feeling of passing the standard can really be satisfying because our hard work payed off and we are able to be proud of our achievement and the only thing left to do is to maintain a the quality we have. If we already reached the standard our priority should be to keep being above standard. Improvement is the thought that comes to mind when I already achieved something, let us not be something that is stale and stubby. I want to be continuously improving and gaining more experience in something, even though we cannot be the best it is still satisfying to know that we have the capacity to do something with quality.

I also experienced the feeling of not being able to pass a standard. It really is heartbreaking, to know that all the hard work, patience, effort you poured in improving yourself and making yourself fit for the standard is wasted. Maybe I did not try hard enough or I lacked in some aspect, I do not blame the standard for being to high, I just blame myself for not being able to pass it. Because if you really want to pass the standard you will do everything and anything just to reach that goal. You will not give up and still persevere in passing that standard. Even if the standard that is required is near perfect, I will not give up, I will not back down, I may not be able to pass it now, but I know deep in my heart I will pass that someday just not now, I will continue to improve and make myself fit to the standard in which I yearn to reach.

Standards are meant to be passed, we all have that standard which we cannot pass. But the valuable part in standards is whether you try harder or give up, standards seldom change, but Humans have the capacity to completely pass and set the standards even higher to continue excellence.