Anyway

Anyway ~
The Paradoxical Commandments

People are often illogical, unreasonable, and self-centered.
Love them anyway.
If you are kind, people will accuse you of selfish ulterior motives.
Be kind anyway.
If you are successful, you will win some false friends and some genuine enemies.
Succeed anyway.
The good you do today will be forgotten tomorrow.
Do good anyway.
Honesty and frankness make you vulnerable.
Be honest and frank anyway.
The biggest men and women with the biggest ideas can be shot down by the smallest men and women with the smallest minds.
Think big anyway.
People favor underdogs but follow only top dogs.
Fight for a few underdogs anyway.
What you spend years building may be destroyed overnight.
Build anyway.
People really need help but may attack you if you do help them.
Help people anyway.
If you find serenity and happiness, some may be jealous.
Be happy anyway.
Give the world the best you have and it will never be enough.
Give the world the best you have anyway.
In the final analysis, it is between you and God.
It was never between you and them anyway.
-Adapted from Dr. Kent M. Keith and Mother Theresa


“Slaves, obey your earthly masters in everything you do. Try to please them all the time, not just when they are watching you. Serve them sincerely because of your reverent fear of the Lord. Work willingly at whatever you do, as though you were working for the Lord rather than for people. Remember that the Lord will give you an inheritance as your reward and that the Master you are serving is Christ” ~ Col. 3:22-25