It’s impossible to do better than our best.

So why is it that our best is often not enough to make us happy?

Think of a sports team that goes out and plays a game with their best skills and they lose.

Could they have won by playing better than their best?

This is where we bring a lot of personal misery upon ourselves.  Our job is to bare down and do the very best we can and then give up control of the outcome.

There are some things we cannot control in life and the outcome is at the top of the list.

I find this inspiring from J.C. Penney, the founder of the department store chain that has had its troubles in recent days.

“I wouldn’t worry if I lose every dollar I have because I don’t see what is to be gained by worrying.  I do the best job I possibly can, and leave the results in the laps of the gods”.

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