ANYWAY!

Love this poem, one of those I wish I'd written. Holiness in a word: ANYWAY.  Three quarters of a century have passed and I'm still progressing toward purity. Starting to get the "anyway" part right anyway.

Mother Teresa's Anyway Poem

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.

You see, in the final analysis, it is between you and your God;
 It was never between you and them anyway.