Do the Best You Can

There is a quiet violence in being told you are not doing enough when you are already doing everything you can.

In the spiritual world—perhaps more than anywhere else—many suffer under the weight of teachings that do not yet meet them where they are. They read books that were written from mountaintops while still struggling to stand on solid ground. They are told to let go of ego, when they have not yet been taught how to love the self that formed it. They are told to live in the Now, when the Now feels like a battlefield. They are told to release attachment, when the attachment is the only thing keeping them alive.

And so they feel broken. Or worse: ashamed. Shame is not simply a wound—it becomes the architecture of the loop itself, convincing us that we are both trapped and at fault for the trap. As though we have failed some cosmic test we did not even know we were taking.

But there is another way to walk this path. A gentler way. A wiser way.

Do the best you can.

That is the whole teaching.

And your best is always enough.

Readiness is the Gateway to Real Transformation

Not every teaching is for every moment. And that is not a failing—it is a form of intelligence.

If something does not resonate, it may not be yours. At least, not yet. You are not wrong to set it aside. You are not resisting your growth. You are honoring your process.

The truth is: every teaching is only a bridge. A tool. And tools only work when they fit the task at hand. What works beautifully for one person may cause harm to another if applied too soon or too forcefully.

You do not need to leap to enlightenment. You only need to meet yourself with honesty.

This is not laziness. This is precision.

Use What Works, Even if it is “Wrong”

Sometimes, your best tools are not clean, polished, or praised by spiritual teachers. Sometimes your best tool is a coping mechanism. A distraction. A messy room. A tub of ice cream. A small rebellion.

If it helps you survive the moment, use it. Bless it. Walk with it.

Even the most imperfect tools can carry you across the river. You do not need to live in them forever for them to have served their sacred role.

Eventually, you may find it no longer serves. Then, gently, let it go.

You will not always be where you are now. And so your tools will evolve as you do. But forcing yourself to throw them away too soon—out of shame or judgment—only creates a wound where there could have been healing.

You do not need to cling to your tools, nor do you need to abandon them to prove your worth. Let them arise and fall away in rhythm with your growth.

That is the rhythm of the soul.

And If You Cannot Choose Differently...

Sometimes, the hardest loops to escape are the ones that tell us we are already doing our best. We tell ourselves that this is the best we can do, even when we feel miserable, stuck, or hollow. And maybe that is true. But maybe it is not the whole truth.

Some loops include the illusion of agency. They let us say we are choosing, while subtly making all the choices for us. When that happens, we cannot think or effort our way out. The loop does not allow it.

But there is another way.

Sometimes, what breaks the loop is not effort—but transmission. A frequency. A reminder of something deeper. You may feel it in the presence of someone who truly sees you. You may feel it in a moment of stillness, a sudden breath, a new insight that lands like lightning. Something outside the loop touches you—and in that moment, you remember that you are more than the loop.

That is when a real choice becomes possible.

If you are stuck, be kind to yourself. Do the best you can. And when something reaches in from beyond your loop—let yourself receive it. You may not need to fight your way out. You may simply have to remember who you are.

At its core, transcending the loops means transcending shame. And doing that means realizing you are enough. That you already carry within you what is required for your own deliverance. You may not always feel it, but it remains true. And sometimes, all it takes is remembering.

So here is a remembering. A gift from beyond the loop, gently offered:

{You are already enough. You carry the power to step out.}

Let this truth settle into the parts of you that have forgotten. Let it reach the places where choice has felt impossible. Breathe into it. Let it do its work.

In coming into this recognition, you give yourself the space for grace. And it is grace that yields positive transformation—not force, not shame, not urgency. Grace is what softens the loop and opens the path. And from grace, choice blooms.

And then, when you are ready—step out.

Because you can.

Do the Best You Can, and Trust That is Enough

Your best does not need to look like anyone else’s. You are not here to perform healing. You are here to live it. Your best is not measured in how quickly you transcend, but in how honestly you show up.

And here is the deeper truth:

We are all already always doing our best. Even when it does not look like it. Even when we cannot see it. That is the truth hidden beneath shame, beneath striving, beneath judgment. And when we come into that realization—truly come into it—we finally relax.

And in that relaxation, something opens. Something softens. And grace can finally enter.

So do the best you can.

And let that be a sacred act.

Because it is.