Be The Best

If you can't be a pine on the top of the hill,

Be a shrub in the valley, but be

The best little shrub at the side of the rill;

Be a bush if you can't be a tree.

If you can't be a bush, be a bit of the grass,

Some highway to happier make;

If you can't be a muskie, then just be a bass,

But the liveliest bass in the lake.

We can't all be captains, some have to be crew,

There's something for all of us here;

There's big work to do and lesser to do,

And the task we must do is the near.

If you can't be a highway, then just be a trail;

If you can't be the sun, be a star;

It isn't by size that you win or you fail --

Be the best of whatever you are.

Anonymous.