A poem by Mother Teresa
One
of Pat Lynn Brinkley Scott's Favorites.
My first friend and cousin who is missed by all my other dear cousins.
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 world the best you've got anyway.
You see, in the final analysis, it is between God and you;
It was never between them and you anyway.