People are often unreasonable and self-centered... Forgive them anyway.
If you are kind to people they may accuse you of ulterior motives... Be kind anyway.
If you are honest, people may cheat you... Be honest anyway.
If you find happiness, people may be jealous... Be happy anyway.
The good you do today may be forgotten tomorrow... Do good anyway.
Give the world the best you have and it may never be enough... Give your best anyway.
For you see, in the end, it is between you and God... It was never between you and them anyway.
If you are kind to people they may accuse you of ulterior motives... Be kind anyway.
If you are honest, people may cheat you... Be honest anyway.
If you find happiness, people may be jealous... Be happy anyway.
The good you do today may be forgotten tomorrow... Do good anyway.
Give the world the best you have and it may never be enough... Give your best anyway.
For you see, in the end, it is between you and God... It was never between you and them anyway.
This poem originated from 'The Paradoxical commandments' written by Kent. M Keith and was put on the wall in the children's home in Calcutta by Mother Teresa.
I read it tonight for the first time at a friends house and just had to share it...
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