The Anyway Poem

               ~ 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 you and your God;

              It was never between you and them anyway

-Mother Teresa