예화 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 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 a 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!
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　Duglas Malloch