Do Your Best No Matter What:by Gabriel Boulay

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            Our fears aren't about what we don't know about ourselves, they are about what we do know about ourselves. Marianne Williamson's quote Our Deepest Fear illustrates this, "We are all meant to shine as children do". The quote's meaning is that we are meant to do our best; to use our strengths, not hide them. We need to stay as good as we can be, even if the people around us are uncomfortable. We shouldn't worry about other people judging us. "There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people will not feel insecure around us". In my life it has happened often that I was the best in my hockey team. Some people weren't happy that I had more ice time. When this happened I needed to keep reminding myself to keep my level of intensity the same. This quote is relevant to others when they are the best, when it is their turn to keep their level of intensity the same. An image that could represent this part of Marianne Williamson's quote is a miniature version of a teen looking up at a life size version of himself.  The bigger version represents what he can be and the miniature version represents what he actually is right now. I chose this image because it represents a person who isn't doing his best. It is significant because this person knows that he can do better... but he isn't doing better. Are you sure you can't do better?