A 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 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 never was between you and them ANYWAY.

(Engraved on the wall of Mother Theresa's home in Calcutta)