"Always do your best. Your best is going to change from moment to moment; it will be different when you are healthy as opposed to sick. Under any circumstance, simply do your best, and you will avoid self-judgment, self-abuse and regret."

                                 ~ Miguel Angel Ruiz  

I hear two main take-aways from this quote. Perhaps even more important and powerful than the clear counsel to always "do our best" is to recognize that "our best" varies a lot.

I didn't sleep well last night. For sure my best today is different than when I am well rested. 

Today, along with intending to stretch to our best, may we love our humanness, the breadth, the depth, and the width of who we are, what we experience, and how we are responding to life in every moment. May we appreciate others in this way too.

With compassion, 
Charlene

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COMPASSION: May you be gentle with yourself and others. May you forgive those who hurt you and yourself when you make mistakes. (from The Twelve Gifts of Birth)

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Charlene Costanzo is the author of  The Twelve Gifts series of books:
The Twelve Gifts of Birth
The Twelve Gifts for Healing
The Twelve Gifts in Marriage
The Thirteenth Gift 
Touchstones: Stories for Living The Twelve Gifts 

November 23, 2014

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