Do It Anyway!

Posted by Scott Williams
9 Comments
May 30, 2010
Life Application | Poetry

DO IT ANYWAY

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 true enemies;  Succeed anyway.

If you are honest and frank, people may cheat you;  Be honest 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 God;  It was never between you and them anyway.

~Mother Teresa

dream BIG. think BIGGER.

  • http://marcmillan.tumblr.com Marc Millan

    Oh, I love that.
    BIG TIME.
    M_

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  • http://www.ichilly.com iChilly

    I’ve always love these!

    By the way, Mother Teresa did not write them… here’s the explanation:

    The Paradoxical Commandments were written by Kent M. Keith when he was 19, a sophomore at Harvard College. He wrote them as part of a book for student leaders entitled The Silent Revolution: Dynamic Leadership in the Student Council, published by Harvard Student Agencies in 1968. The Paradoxical Commandments subsequently spread all over the world, and have been used by millions of people.

    Mother Teresa put the Paradoxical Commandments up on the wall of her children’s home in Calcutta. The fact that the commandments were on her wall was reported in a book compiled by Lucinda Vardey, Mother Teresa: A Simple Path, which was published in 1995. As a result, some people have attributed the Paradoxical Commandments to Mother Teresa.

    • Scott Williams

      Thanks!

  • http://bigisthenewsmall.com Scott Williams

    Chilly, I read that… Apparently there were two versions, Mother Teresa supposedly had re-written the second half into a more spiritual piece. Here is a link to the two different versions. http://bit.ly/bzOIxG

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  • delicatewriter

    That was very inspiring. Thank you!

  • http://www.hybridhondas.com JLJ

    That final analysis is true. It is between God and you.

    Hebrews 13:16
    Do not neglect to do good and to share what you have, for such sacrifices are pleasing to God.

    Luke 6:38
    Give, and it will be given to you. Good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your lap. For with the measure you use it will be measured back to you.”

    Believe those words and head on over to http://www.hybridhondas.com. and please click on a link or two. It costs nothing. By doing this you’ll be helping a fellow brother out so he can continue helping others.

    Please spread the word to other brothers and sisters.

  • http://www.ichilly.com iChilly

    Interesting… I guess I never knew of ‘her edited version’. I’m not a writer but would wonder IF there are any copyright restrictions in doing this (not that I’m accusing Mother Teresa of plagiarizing). Any thoughts??

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