Even at your worst…

Sometimes, I’ll tweet this line, “Do your best even at your worst.” When we are at our worst–in a bad relationship, at a bad job, in a deep depression, battling a long addiction–we can still do our best. And I didn’t arbitrarily tweet that. I tweeted that from experiencing it. In the first year of our marriage, when we were at such a horrible point where divorce seemed imminent, I did my best by not letting divorce be an option. When I have battled the “south pole” of bipolarity, also known as depression, I am definitely at my worst. How do you do your best when you are in the pit of depression?  Your best becomes your refusal to give up. I’d be remiss if I didn’t tell you that many times I have been at my worst and did not do my best. But my heart’s desire has always been not to give up and to give it all I have. I don’t know where this post finds you today, but if you are at your worst–please take heart–you can still do your best.