“Do your best!”

That very little sense to me. When I was young, it enraged me. If I set out to do a thing, it will get done. Like Yoda said, there is no try there is only do.

What does best even mean?

Grade inflation has rendered grade A into average.

Best friend has turned into BFF—not just best friends but bust friend forever with the person who gave the Starbucks order as you that morning.

And I go hollow.

Best is the highest I can attain or be. And if best is so easy maybe I am not worth that much either.

It’s a dream—how high could I go?

Does best have boundaries? I don’t reach for what I think is impossible.

It was inconceivable for humans to move faster than the speed of sound until Chuck Yeager did it.
And then they did it again. And then humans walked on the moon.

I don’t want my best to be mediocre. What else is under that best?

Could I be better than best?