4/8/10

Anyway

The following is a poem that Mother Teresa had enlarged, framed and hung in the lobby of her orphanage. It was quoted in a book that I have been reading, and I hope it speaks to you, like it did to me.


People are often unreasonable, illogical, and self-centered;
Forgive them anyway.

If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish ulterior motives;
Be kind anyway.

If you are successful, you will win some false friends and some true enemies;
Succeed anyway.

If you are honest and frank, people may cheat you;
Be honest and frank anyway.

What you spend years building, someone could destroy overnight.
Build anyway.

If you find serenity and happiness, they may be jealous;
Be happy anyway.

The good you do today, people will often forget tomorrow;
Do good anyway.

Give the world the best you have, and it may never be enough;
Give the best you've got anyway.

You see, in the final analysis it is between you and God;
It was never between you and them, anyway.

Written by: Kent M. Keith

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