Sunday, June 21, 2009

A message on the Mother's wall

The following verses were found written on a wall in Mother Teresa's Home for children:

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 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 world 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.


Associated with Mother Teresa, however, it was adapted from The Paradoxical Commandments by Kent Keith

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