A friend of mine posted this same thing on her blog a while back. Since then I have continually thought about it. I just had to share the love too. (I am also printing it off to hang on my wall).
The verses below reportedly were written on the wall of Mother Teresa's home for children in Calcutta, India, and are widely attributed to her.
Some sources say that the words below were written on the wall in Mother Teresa's own room. In any case, their association with Mother Teresa and the Missionaries of Charity has made them popular worldwide, expressing as they do, the spirit in which they lived their lives.
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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.
3 comments:
She is truly an amazing woman. I did a report on here back in high school. I couldn't condense everything into 5 pages. She's done so much.
I like what was written. Maybe I'll print them out and frame it too. Thanks for sharing!
I love this. I'm gonna steal it and put it on my blog, too. What a great goal to live life by! Love it!
I love this! Thjanks for my sweet card... I was just a lil confused when you said aka swirl queen ;) Xo
PS I say we settle it. We need to go to frogurt with witnesses and have a swirl off!
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