If you can't be a pine on the top of the hill,
Be a shrub in the valley--but be
The best little shrub at the side of the rill.
Be a bush if you can't be a tree.
We can't all be captains, some'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 we must do is 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 the size that makes you win or fail,
But the BEST of whatever you are.
