When I was training to be a battered women’s advocate, my supervisor said something that really blew my mind:
“You can always assume one thing about your clients; and that is that they are doing their best. Always assume everyone is doing their best. And if they’re having a day where their best just isn’t that great, or their best doesn’t look like your best, you have to be okay with that.”
Any now whenever anyone in my life, either a friend or a client, frustrates me, disappoints me, or pisses me off, I just tell myself They are doing their best. Their best isn’t that great today, but I have days where my best isn’t that great either.
Op I’d like to thank you for sharing this. Ever since the first time I’ve read it I’ve held it in my mind and it really has helped me to be kinder to others and to myself.
@warriormale @imfemalewarrior @thenonbinarywarrior thought of you guys. Being a warrior isn’t only about fighting but about disciplining our inner selves and learning to be kind to others as well.
It’s important to try your best, but also accept that your best may be above where someone else’s best is. Part of being a warrior, and having the warrior spirit, is loving and accepting others for who they are, even if they don’t seem to be trying as hard as you think they should. Everyone learns at their own pace, and just as much as that means accepting that some people may learn quicker than you, it also means that the people who learn slower than you are still deserving of love and respect.
~NonbinaryWarrior~
