peo­ple are unrea­son­able, illog­i­cal, and self-centered,
love them any­way
if you do good, peo­ple will accuse you of
self­ish, ulte­rior motives,
do good any­way
if you are suc­cess­ful,
you win false friends and true ene­mies,
suc­ceed any­way
the good you do will be for­got­ten tomor­row,
do good any­way
hon­esty and frank­ness make you vul­ner­a­ble,
be hon­est and frank any­way
what you spent years build­ing may be
destroyed overnight,
build any­way
peo­ple really need help
but may attack you if you help them,
help peo­ple any­way
give the world the best you have
and you’ll get kicked in the teeth,
give the world the best you’ve got anyway.

mother teresa liked this (found in a sign on the wall of Shishu Bha­van, the children’s home in Cal­cutta). it was writ­ten by kent keith as part of a book­let for stu­dent lead­ers. at first i thought it was from mother teresa, amaz­ing how much more i would have loved it if she was the one who wrote it LOL.

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