Were you ever told to do your best when you were growing up? It’s a phrase that is thrown around randomly, and most of the time it is said to a child because he actually isn’t that good at what he is attempting to do.
“Just do your best honey,” is the parental equivalent of, “Yes you are terrible but if that’s all you have to give, then it’s good enough,”
One of my all-time favourite books is The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz. Every agreement is simple and yet so powerful that mastering even one could change your life in any number of ways.
The agreement I think that has the most power, at least for me, is the fourth one – Always do your best. Because that is changeable, isn’t it? One day my best could achieve everything I set my mind to, and another day my best might be just enough to cope and survive.
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