Sage Advice from Mother Theresa

I have found this poem very instructive as of late. I guess it is also a sign that I am waking from my sadness since this quote from a great woman and some say saint is essentially an expression of hope about the power of an individual to govern themselves responsibly in the face of a world full of unfair and unkind moments.

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 God;

It was never between you and them anyway.
~Mother Theresa.