Saturday, January 23, 2010

Solid Words


People are unreasonable, illogical and self-centred.
Love them anyway.
If you do good, people may accuse you of selfish motives.
Do good anyway.
If you are successful, you may win false friends and true enemies.
Succeed anyway.
The good you do today may be forgotten tomorrow.
Do good anyway.
Honesty and transparency make you vulnerable.
Be honest and transparent anyway.
What you spend years building may be destroyed overnight.
Build anyway.
People who really want help may attack you if you help them.
Help them anyway.
Give the world the best you have and you may get hurt.
Give the world your best anyway.


Taken from "Meditations from a Simple Path" by Mother Teresa

2 comments:

  1. To do an act of kindness from the heart
    Without reciprocation
    To give of yourself freely
    And not expect something in return
    To look within
    To forgive yourself of past mistakes
    and in turn
    Forgive others of theirs
    Is a hard thing to do
    But walk a straight line
    But true to what you believe
    Then respect from others you will
    be able to receive

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