Do your best 全力以赴

Three days before my second exam
We had lunch at Marie Callender's

with Cheryl, a good friend of ours.

We talked over bowls of chili and cornbread

slathered in delicious honey butter.

And of course, Marie's "famous" French apple pie.

Just before we said our goodbyes,

Cheryl encourged me by saying

"You just have to do your best with what you've got

and leave the rest to the Lord"

With the perfectionist that I am

I often feel like I'm not prepared enough

and I stress out for days, weeks even before the exam

Cheryl told me sometimes it's ok not to be perfect

It's ok to do the best that we possibly can under those circumstances

give it a shot with all we've got and that's enough.

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2010 Spring

Marie Callender's

San Diego, CA, U.S.A.

在我的第二個考試的三天前,

我與媽媽和我們的好朋友 Cheryl

在 Marie Callender's 吃午餐.

我們吃了chili和塗了蜂蜜奶油的cornbread

當然還有 Marie "有名的" 法國蘋果派.

Cheryl在和我們道別時鼓勵我說

"你只要用你所擁有的全力以赴,

剩下的事情就交拖給上帝吧."

對於完美主義者的我而言,

在考試的前幾天,甚至前幾個禮拜,

我就開始擔心我準備不足.

Cheryl告訴我有時候不完美是ok的,

我們在那些情況之下,

盡力的用我們的能力把事情完成那就足夠了.

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2010 春

Marie Callender's

聖地牙哥,加州,美國