Doing better

Oprah Winfrey’s retelling of Maya Angelou’s advice is perhaps the most resonant version:

“You did what you knew how to do, and when you knew better, you did better.”

In any given moment, we’re doing the best we can with what we have — not necessarily our best ever, but our best right then.

And while the older, wiser version of you can see the missteps and missed signals, that same wiser self can also extend grace to who you once were.