Muddle through

Just ran across this wonderful post from Tom McMahon (h/t Instapundit). It's about his lessons from 15 years of helping his brain injured son. The whole thing is worthwhile but this was the bit that stuck with me:

• Muddle through
  
  I've never seen a self-help book with this advice, but really it's some of the best advice I can give somebody going through a difficult stretch. Sometimes the absolute best you can do isn't that pretty, or elegant, or graceful, or frankly all that inspiring. When you're in one of those stretches, stop worrying about it. Nobody else could do that much better in your position either.

Good stuff.