Do It Anyway!

I came across this beautifully written poem in a book I was reading the other day. I googled on the internet today to find out who was it's author. Originally entitled "The Paradoxical Commadment", it was written by Kent M. Keith when he was just 19 at Harvard College in 1968.

The poem was made famous by Mother Teresa, who engraved it on the wall of the children home in Calcutta, under the heading 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 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 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.