Do It Anyway

I love inspirational quotes, poems and sayings.  Sometimes all you need is to read one and have it change your whole day.  Having a new perspective on the way you view life and your experiences allows you to be at peace in your heart with what you have lived.  No matter how much you think you screw up, life goes on.  Everything changes.  Learn to make yourself happy first and foremost. 

Here is one of my all time favorite quotes that I need to remember and read more often.

Mother Teresa wrote this poem – 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 will win some false friends and 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.

peace & love

bj