"Be The Best Of Whatever You Are" by Douglas Malloch

 

Be The Best Of Whatever You Are

 If you can't be a pine on the top of the hill,

Be a scrub in the valley — but be

The best little scrub by the side of the rill;

Be a bush if you can't be a tree.

 

If you can't be a bush be a bit of the grass,

And some highway happier make;

If you can't be a muskie then just be a bass —

But the liveliest bass in the lake!

 

We can't all be captains, we've got to be crew,

There's something for all of us here,

There's big work to do, and there's lesser to do,

And the task you must do is the near.

 

If you can't be a highway then just be a trail,

If you can't be the sun be a star;

It isn't by size that you win or you fail —

Be the best of whatever you are!

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Who wrote the poem "Be The Best Of Whatever You Are"?

Douglas Malloch (May 5, 1877 – July 2, 1938)

Douglas Malloch was an American poet, short-story writer, and associate editor of Amercian Lumberman, a trade paper in Chicago. He was born in Muskegon, Michigan, a center of the lumbering industry. He grew up in the forest, surrounded by logging camps, sawmills and lumber yards. These simple roots were reflected in his poetry, and he became famous as a “Lumberman’s poet.” Malloch also wrote the Michigan State Song.

"Be The Best Of Whatever You Are" explanation

We all have different strengths and weaknesses. Success can be achieved when each person does what he or she has been called to do to the best of his or her ability and with pride. The poet, coming from humble roots himself, reminds the reader of this simple yet profound wisdom of life.