You Don’t Have to Be the Best

She compliments anyone, right away.

Yesterday, it was a nurse.

“You’re pretty.”

Then she smiled.

“I’m not pretty, but I was smart.”

Today, she noticed a caregiver walking by and called out,

“Your legs are long.”
“Bet you were fast.”

When the caregiver had gone, she turned to me.

“My legs were short.”
“I was slow. I hated sports day.”

“But I was smart.”
“You don’t have to be the best at everything, do you?”

She smiled as she said it.

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