Anyway

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 win some false friends
and some true enemies;
Succeed anyway.

The good you do today,
people will often forget tomorrow;
Do good anyway.

If you are honest and frank,
people may cheat you;
Be honest anyway.

If you have big ideas,
it can be shot down by the smallest of men;
Think big anyway.

What you spend years building,
someone could destroy overnight;
Build anyway.

If you help people,
you could get attacked;
Help people anyway.

Give the world the best you have,
and it may never be enough;
Give the world the best you’ve got anyway.

(Adapted from the “The Paradoxical Commandments” by Dr. Kent M. Keith.)