> Again, nobody in the entire world prays for a mediocre life, a mediocre health, a mediocre salary, a mediocre partner. There are plenty of people for whom me

> Again, nobody in the entire world prays for a mediocre life, a mediocre health, a mediocre salary, a mediocre partner. There are plenty of people for whom mediocrity would be a big step up. If you have terrible health, having mediocre health sounds delightful. If your partner is abusive, having a mediocre one looks like a grace. Your sample selection for "the entire world" seems to be leaving a lot of people out. Nobody's saying you ought to hope for mediocrity. But plenty of people do. In fact, for most things that aren't important to me, mediocrity is the level I hope to attain. Sure, I could probably achieve higher, but if it's something I don't value, putting in that additional effort would be at the cost of something I value more. If my achievement drops below mediocre, it's usually bad enough to cause problems, so mediocrity is my "not very good, but not bad enough to be a problem" level goal for things that don't matter to me.