Do Good Anyway

Good morning everyone.  For years I have taught my children to do the right thing.  I myself have met more unscrupulous people and been lied to, lied about and mistreated since I moved to Florida than I wish to remember and absolutely refuse to remember. I have been forced into situations that I never would have chosen for myself but, I will love the lovely people and forgive the misguided and the downright unscrupulous.  I have lately been reminded of a writing by Kent M. Keith, that was later adapted by Mother Teresa.  I would like to share that today because Christmas is a wonderful time to bury the past and forgive everyone of everything.  It is titled, 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 may 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.

If you find serenity and happiness, some may be jealous;

     Be happy anyway.

What you spend years building, someone could destroy overnight;

     Build it anyway.

The good you do today, people may often forget tomorrow;

     Do good anyway.

Give the world the best you have and it may never seem like enough;

     Give the world the best you’ve got anyway.

You see, in the end, it is between you, and your God;

     It was never between you and them anyway.