Do It Anyway!
May 8, 2011
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Article Inspiration by Divya
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 just never be enough;
Give the world the best you have anyway.You see, in the final analysis, it’s all between you and God;
It was never between you and them anyway.
From Do It Anyway: The Handbook for Finding Personal Meaning and Deep Happiness in a Crazy World by Kent M. Keith. According to the author, Mother Teresa was so moved by these commandments that she hung them on a wall in her orphanage in Calcutta.
