All I Can Do

Art Williams wrote a motivational best-seller called "All You Can Do Is All You Can Do, But All You Can Do Is Enough." 

I always loved the title. It's mouthful, and the point may seem obvious, but it's actually a brilliant bit of wisdom.

We don't control our circumstances. We can't control what happens to us, and rest assured that they will - often without warning. 

Jobs are terminated. We can't bribe the boss to take us back. We can't grovel at his feet. Doing so would lower his opinion of us even further.

Businesses fail. We can't convince the customers to give us another chance. We can't convince competitors and creditors to go easy on us so we can try again.

Lovers leave. We can't beg them to come back. It destroys our dignity and makes us look desperate and disgusting.

Serious injuries happen. There's no way to undo physical or emotional harm. We have to take patient, careful steps toward healing.

People die. We can't save them. We can't bring them back.

All we can to is all we can do. All we can do is pick up the pieces and move forward.

All I can do is all I can do, and I'm doing the best that I can.

I'm taking better care of my health.

I'm prioritizing my time and focusing on important people and projects.

I'm treating people better. I make sure that they most important people in my life feel appreciated.

I'm more mindful of my weaknesses and my deficiencies, and I am working to improve them.

I can't change the past. I can't get back what I've lost. But I'm doing what I can to move forward from this place as a better man.

I'm doing what I can. I hope that it's enough.

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