Whether you're religious or not, this is a simple, elegant plan for life. These words hang, framed in the hallway in my house. I put it there as a reminder that when I go out into the world I should do with this wisdom in mind. I don't go out much anymore () so I thought I'd share it with those who do.
People are often unreasonable, illogical and self-centred.
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 may destroy overnight.
Build anyway.
If you find serenity and happiness, people may be jealous.
Be happy anyway.
The good you do today, people will often forget tomorrow.
Be good anyway.
Give the world the best you have, and it may never be enough.
But give the world the best you've got anyway.
You see, in the final analysis, it is all between you and God;
It was never between you and them anyway.
By Mother Teresa
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