How does the saying go? Always try your best! What does it mean to try, anyway? At best it is an attempt to do something. There is something non-committal about trying. Compare: “I’ll do it!” with “Alright, I’ll try…”  With trying, there is always a way out. You can say, after you did not do something, “well, I tried”.

A wise gentleman I had the privilege of meeting a few years ago demonstrated an important lesson to me and it has stayed with me. He took his eyeglasses of his face and placed them on his lap. He said: “now, try to lift these glasses off of my lap”. I would start to do that and he stopped me and asked: “Now, are you trying to pick these glasses up or are you just doing it”? The answer was clear: I was clearly taking the glasses with my hand and lifting them up off his lap. There was no trying involved, I was doing it.

“You will die trying” my gentleman acquaintance told me.

The next time you are thinking about doing something, be committed and  do it.  Be a person of action .

Do your best- don’t try your best.

Debra : )

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