<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=436962" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>I Just Know This Is 'Not' Your Best Effort</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">My mother used to assign my sisters and I...<br>The most remedial tasks to complete.<br>When we were much younger.<br>To test our mental capabilities.<br>Oh...<br>Those lessons my mother would teach.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And then...<br>Shower us with praises.<br>Having us believe, <br>We were gifted with unspeakable talents.<br>After connecting 'dots'.<br>Or...<br>Knowing which end of a handle held, <br>Was used to sweep or mop.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And as years have passed us by, <br>It became clear her tactic and strategy.<br>She knew we would seek more difficult tasks, <br>To satisfy her to complete.<br>And even to this day...<br>I can hear her voice say, <br>'This is wonderful.'<br>As her eyes express...<br>'Even though THIS is wonderful.<br>I just know this is 'not' your best effort.'</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And with a seeking we sought, <br>Increasing much more difficult challenges.<br>Never becoming satisfied, <br>Just to do our best.<br>There 'has' to be something 'greater' to achieve.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">'I just know this is 'not' your best effort? <br>And if it is...<br>Well, <br>I 'guess' it's...okay! '</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Lawrence+S.+Pertillar">Lawrence S. Pertillar</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=436962" data-title="I Just Know This Is 'Not' Your Best Effort de Lawrence S. Pertillar" data-description="My mother used to assign my sisters and I... The most remedial tasks to complete. When we were much younger. To test our mental capabilities. Oh... Those lessons my mother would teach. And then... Shower us with praises. Having us believe, We we..."></div> </div> </div>

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