Being Light and Love by Mother Teresa

Being Light and Love

 

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 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 of Calcutta (1910-1997)