Just Do it Anyway!

ANYWAY

(Popularly assumed to be penned by Mother Teresa,
but more likely by Dr. Kent Keith)

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.

The biggest people with the biggest ideas can be shot down

by the smallest people with the smallest minds;
Think big 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 your God;
(It was never between you and them anyway.)

(Presented by our pastor in one of his recent sermons)