“I’m doing the best I can”

This is often an acceptable thing to say when feeling criticized for our actions.

But doing our best isn’t same as someone saying, “I’ve done everything I can.”

Life is hard. And I am not dismissing our efforts. It’s also a place to comfortably hide and to let us off the hook for responsibility. After all, two things can be true at the same time.

There’s always something else to be done. We make choices. And with those choices come trade offs too.