Be the Best of Whatever You Are
做最好的自己
小编寄语：
三年从教经历，小编深深地感悟到自我教育的重要性。很多时候，别人所谓的苦口婆心和丰富经验，其实一点用也没有。苦痛和代价都是要自己去经历和体会的，只有经历过，才会懂得，才会去努力地一步步向上爬。或许，每个人都有一段彻悟的机缘，或早或晚而已。晚了，也不过是大器晚成。 而人生如逆旅，我辈也不过是这场声势浩大的旅途中的一员而已。这首诗，送给每一个努力向上，不曾轻弃的你我。
Be the Best of Whatever You Are
做最好的自己
Douglas Malloch
道格拉斯·马罗奇
If you can't be a pine on the top of the hill,
如果你当不了山巅的一棵劲松，
Be a scrub in the valley—but be
就做山谷里的灌木—但一定
The best little scrub by the side of the rill;
要做溪边最棒的一棵；
Be a bush if you can't be a tree.
当一棵灌木，如果你成不了树。
If you can't be a bush be a bit of grass,
如果你当不了灌木，就做一株小草，
And some highway happier make;
给路边带去更多欢笑；
If you can't be a muskie then just be a bass-
如果你当不了大梭鱼，就做一尾小鲈鱼
But the liveliest bass in the lake!
—但要做湖里最活泼的那条！
We can't all be captains, we've got to be crew,
我们不能全当船长，总得有人做船员，
There's something for all of us here.
但我们每个人都有事可做，
There's big work to do, and there's lesser to do,
有大事去做，有小事去做，
And the task you must do is the near.
我们必须着眼于眼前。
If you can't be a highway then just be a trail,
如果你当不了大道，就做一条小径，
If you can't be the sun be a star;
如果你当不了太阳，就做一颗星星；
It isn't by size that you win or you fail,
胜负不在于大小
Be the best of whatever you are!
不论做什么，一定要做到最好！