Dec 2017
As children we are encouraged,
'Do your best'.
we are told that,
'You cannot do more than your best'.
So then when we are told,
'Well your best isn't good enough'.
What now?
We cannot do more than our best.
The words,
'Your best isn't good enough',
What is there of that to make?
Are we, ourselves, not good enough?
The most we can do,
Our current capacity,
It does not satisfy.
Our 100% is inadequate.
'Do your best'.
we are told that,
'You cannot do more than your best'.
So then when we are told,
'Well your best isn't good enough'.
What now?
We cannot do more than our best.
The words,
'Your best isn't good enough',
What is there of that to make?
Are we, ourselves, not good enough?
The most we can do,
Our current capacity,
It does not satisfy.
Our 100% is inadequate.
This poem links to 'Enough'. I ask that teachers and parents never say the phrase, 'your best isn't good enough'. It will not affect those whom did not try their best, therefore making the statement futile and untrue. It will crush those whom did try their best, discouraging them and causing decreased self esteem.
