Saturday, April 19, 2008

Beautiful Poem

My aunt emailed me this neat poem & I loved it so much that I wanted to post it on my blog.

People are often unreasonable, irrational, 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 unfaithful friends and some genuine enemies. Succeed anyway.
If you are honest and sincere people may deceive you.
Be honest and sincere anyway.
What you spend years creating, others could destroy overnight.
Create anyway.
If you find serenity and happiness, some may be jealous.
Be happy anyway.
The good you do today, will often be forgotten.
Do good anyway.
Give the best you have, and it will never be enough.
Give your best anyway.
In the final analysis, it is between you and God.
It was never between you and them anyway.


-this version is credited to Mother Teresa

2 comments:

The Venutis said...

What a neat poem. I loved it! Hidden Valley Park looked like fun, I've never been there, but I have heard lots of good things.

Lyndi Dunlavy said...

I've heard that poem before and I absolutley love it! Hey, Teacher appreciation week is almost here, so we need to chat about a few things....I have some ideas...why don't you email me and we can through some ideas around! lyndi_dunlavy@hotmail.com